Oklahoma Restores Gun Rights as Rhode Island Plots New Attacks

The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings this week on a stack of anti-Second Amendment legislation, parking every bill under the cynical label of 'held for further study.' Don't be fooled — these bills aren't dead. They're breathing, and at least two of them pose extraordinary threats to law-abiding Ocean State gun owners.

This is a classic stall-and-strike playbook. Legislators keep the bills warm, let public attention drift, then ram through votes when nobody's watching. Rhode Island gun owners cannot afford to look away for a single week.

Meanwhile, real progress is happening in Oklahoma. On April 14, the Oklahoma Senate advanced legislation to restore gun rights — proof that when patriots show up and demand action, legislatures listen.

Oklahoma is proof that the Second Amendment isn't just worth defending — it's worth expanding. Restoring rights to eligible citizens is exactly the kind of legislation every state should be passing, instead of dreaming up new ways to punish people who never committed a crime.

The contrast between these two states tells the whole story of the 2026 legislative season. In red states, lawmakers push freedom forward. In blue states, career politicians manufacture new hoops for honest gun owners to jump through — while doing nothing meaningful to stop actual criminal violence.

Rhode Island gun owners need to flood their legislators' phone lines and inboxes today. Find your state senator at the Rhode Island General Assembly website, call their office, and make clear that any vote for these anti-gun bills is a vote they'll answer for at the ballot box.

The Second Amendment Foundation's grassroots network is tracking every one of these battles. Stay locked in, stay loud, and stay engaged — because the people pushing these bills in Providence are counting on your silence.