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Rhode Island's House is set to vote on an assault weapons ban, sparking debate between gun-rights activists and supporters of the legislation.

Gun-rights activists argue the ban is too broad, infringes on constitutional rights, and will be costly to litigate.

Supporters of the ban cite its importance in preventing mass shootings and point to the Attorney General's assurance of its constitutionality.

The bill's definition of "assault weapon" has been a point of contention, but has been refined in the latest version.

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island gun-rights activists have fired off a fusillade of emails and even a radio ad in their eleventh-hour campaign to try to avert almost certain House passage of an " assault weapons" ban on June 5.

Ahead of the vote, an accoun

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