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Prohibited Purchasers Generally in Rhode Island | Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Prohibited Purchasers Generally in Rhode Island
Rhode Island has adopted its own classes of prohibited persons, and incorporated some federal prohibitions as state offenses. Subject to limited exceptions, no person shall purchase, own, carry, transport, or possess a firearm if he or she:
Has been convicted of, or entered a no contest plea to, “a crime of violence”;
Has been convicted of a domestic violence offense that is punishable as a felony, or of specified domestic violence misdemeanors, including simple assault and violations of protective orders;1
Is subject to certain domestic violence protective orders;2
Is subject to an extreme risk protection order;3
Has been adjudicated or is under treatment or confinement as a drug addict;
Is under guardianship, treatment or confinement “by virtue of being a mental incompetent”; or4
Is an illegal alien.5
Rhode Island also generally prohibits any person under age 18 from possessing or using any firearm or ammunition.6 See the Minimum Age to Purchase / Possess Firearms in Rhode Island section.
See R.I. Gen. Laws§§ 11-47-5, 12-29-5. Also, visit the Rhode Island Domestic Violence and Firearms page for more detailed information. ⤴︎
This prohibition applies to domestic violence protective orders issued following notice to the respondent and a hearing. R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 11-47-5(b), 8-8.1-3(a)(4), (c). See the Rhode Island Domestic Violence and Firearms page for more information. ⤴︎
R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 8-8.3-3(b), 8-8.3-4(e)(6), 8-8.3-5(e)(6) (enacted in 2018 by 2017 RI H 7688 and 2017 RI S 2492). For more information about the extreme risk protection order (ERPO) process in Rhode Island, see the Disarming Prohibited Persons in Rhode Island page. ⤴︎
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-6. Unless the person has been pronounced criminally insane by competent medical authority, after the duration of five years, the person may apply to purchase a firearm upon presentation of an affidavit issued by competent medical authority stating that the person is mentally stable and a “proper person” to possess a gun. R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-6. ⤴︎
R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 11-47-5 – 11-47-7. ⤴︎
R.I. Gen Laws § 11-47-32. ⤴︎