Federal Judge Rejects Challenge to Rhode Island’s Gun Permit System

The system falls within the nation’s tradition of firearm regulation, the judge said.

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A federal judge has rejected a bid to have Rhode Island’s gun permitting scheme declared unconstitutional.

Rhode Island’s system “is within the Nation’s historical tradition of regulation,” U.S. District Judge William Smith said in an Aug. 1 decision.