The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. April 11, 2013 Rhode Island Introduces Gun-Control Measure -------------------------------------------- As gun control comes before lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Rhode Island has become the latest state to take up the issue at the state level. Democratic lawmakers have unveiled a measure that would make Rhode Island the fifth state to enact a sweeping gun-control law in the aftermath of Newtown. .