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Most basically, the legislation – headed for first-ever votes in the Rhode Island legislature – would prohibit the manufacture, purchase, sale, transfer and possession of certain "assault weapons," including certain types of semiautomatic shotguns, rifles and pistols.

The R.I. House greenlighted a controversial assault weapons ban Thursday, allowing the legislation to clear yet another major hurdle since the conversation first began more than a decade ago.