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Opinion/August: A right infringed upon at the General Assembly
Richard J. August
Richard J. August writes and testifies frequently on Second Amendment issues. He lives in North Kingstown. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Article I Section 22 Rhode Island Constitution. To infringe means: “To violate. To encroach upon. To invalidate.”
Nevertheless, responding to a vociferous and well-financed group of anti-gunners, the leadership of the General Assembly permitted several bills to pass that erode the right guaranteed by the state and federal Constitutions.
The first of these, known as the “straw purchaser bill,” is redundant because buying a firearm for someone else particularly if you know that person is prohibited from buying one is already against the law. The forms that a federally licensed firearms dealer require a buyer to complete ask if you are buying the gun for yourself. Lying on the forms carries a 10-year prison ter