Rhode Island General Laws
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-25 (2026)
Antique firearms and collections
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This chapter shall not apply to antique firearms unsuitable for use, nor to collections of firearms utilized and maintained for educational, scientific, or any similar purpose without intent to use the firearms.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2011–2013 · leading case: State v. Adrian Hazard, 68 A.3d 479 (R.I. 2013).
State v. Adrian Hazard, 68 A.3d 479 (R.I. 2013). “First, the trial justice found that the gun was not an antique firearm unsuitable for use under § 11-47-25. Next, the trial justice held that possessing a pistol, or the frame or receiver of a gun, did not violate §§ 11-47-5 or 11-47-8 unless the pistol, or the frame or…”
State v. Goulet, 21 A.3d 302 (R.I. 2011). “directed at the owner of an animal and not to the animal itself, (5) an assertion that a dog is chattel and as such is subject to disposal as property at the absolute discretion of the owner, (6) a contention that he had a constitutional right to keep and bear arms under the…”
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