By C. Eugene Emery Jr.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In advance of a May 1 hearing in the General Assembly on a package of gun control bills, Ed Doyle, administrator of the Rhode Island chapter of Gun Rights Across America, urged gun rights advocates to voice their opposition.
Doyle posted a notice on Facebook announcing "an emergency call to stand up for your rights."
"The wording in these bills will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database, make a CCL [permit to carry a concealed weapon] nearly impossible to get, and eliminate the 2nd Amendment as we know it!!!" the posting warned.
PolitiFact Rhode Island examined Doyle's claims and ruled them Mostly False. Read the complete analysis here.