"This is the first executive action on red flags since Parkland, and our thousands of advocates in Rhode Island and around the country could not be more proud that this effort," Watts said.

Five states -- Connecticut, California, Washington, Oregon and Indiana -- have taken similar action on potential red flags in recent years, but Rhode Island is the first to do so since the deadly ...

Rhode Island is set to become the first state since the Florida school shooting to establish a “red flag” policy allowing judges to take firearms from people who show warning signs of violence.