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Rhode Island Gov. signs law banning possession of guns with altered IDs
http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText13/HouseText13/H5286Aaa.pdf(b) No person shall, absent recertification paperwork, knowingly receive, transport, or
12 possess any firearm which has had the name of the maker or manufacturer's serial number
13 removed, altered, or obliterated, or if there is no name of the maker, model, or manufacturer's
14 number than any other mark of identification on any firearm.
15 (c) Possession of any firearm, absent recertification paperwork, upon which the name of
16 the maker, model, manufacturer's number, or if there is no name of the maker, model, or
17 manufacturer's number then any other mark of identification on any firearm has been changed,
18 altered, removed, or obliterated shall be prima facie evidence that the possessor has changed,
19 altered, removed, or obliterated it.
12 possess any firearm which has had the name of the maker or manufacturer's serial number
13 removed, altered, or obliterated, or if there is no name of the maker, model, or manufacturer's
14 number than any other mark of identification on any firearm.
15 (c) Possession of any firearm, absent recertification paperwork, upon which the name of
16 the maker, model, manufacturer's number, or if there is no name of the maker, model, or
17 manufacturer's number then any other mark of identification on any firearm has been changed,
18 altered, removed, or obliterated shall be prima facie evidence that the possessor has changed,
19 altered, removed, or obliterated it.
