Rhode Island Senate Democrats pass bill banning home-built firearms

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The bill does not appear to allow for applying for a serial number from the ATF, such as normally would be required for transfer.
http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Bill ... /S2004.pdf

'Ghost Gun' Bill Passes Rhode Island Senate
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Senate approved a bill Wednesday evening that would outlaw non-traceable "ghost guns" in Rhode Island. 3D-printed and non-traceable guns have been in the spotlight since a Pawtucket woman was fatally shot with a gun with no serial number on Jan. 1.
Not a 3D-printed firearm^.
"Ghost guns, 3-D printed guns and undetectable plastic guns are designed especially for criminal activity," said Senator Cynthia Coyne, the bill's sponsor. "They are meant to dodge the legal safeguards that protect public safety. Our state laws should be very clear that possessing, creating or selling them is a criminal act, and we should be doing everything we can to keep these dangerous weapons from proliferating here."

If approved by the House and signed into law, the bill would ban the manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase or possession of a gun made from fiberglass, plastic or otherwise made from a 3D printer, as well as "ghost guns" — firearms that do not have a serial number. Any gun that would be invisible to a metal detector or other screening equipment would also be covered under the law. Anyone in violation would be subject to up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

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