'Beyond unacceptable': Parkland shooting survivor, activist David Hogg weighs in on RI assault weapons bill

David Hogg, AFL-CIO leaders lobby for competing versions of R.I. ban on assault-style weapons - The Boston Globe

The former DNC vice chair urged lawmakers to ban the sale, purchase, and possession of such weapons, while R.I. AFL-CIO leaders pressed for outlawing only the sale and purchase of them.

'Beyond unacceptable': Parkland shooting survivor, activist David Hogg weighs in on RI assault weapons bill

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The new limitations set in the Rhode Island assault weapons ban bill prompted backlash from the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence, who once championed the bill, now refer to it as the weakest ban in the country. Now, the coalition has comments from March for our Lives co-founder, and Parkland School shooting survivor David Hogg. In a statement, Hogg said, as a survivor, the new bill doesn’t go far enough. He a…