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  2. New Washington gun law already faces federal court challenge

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    Washington has moved to tighten the state’s gun laws in recent years, after a young man in 2016 used a newly purchased AR-15 semi-automatic rifle with a 30-round magazine to kill three teens and ...

  3. US judge rejects challenge to Washington state law that could ...

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    A federal judge on Friday rejected a challenge to a Washington state law that cleared the way for lawsuits against the gun industry in certain cases. The measure was one of three bills signed by ...

  4. Judge rejects attempt to block new Washington state gun ... - AOL

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    It drew a quick legal challenge from two gun-rights advocacy gr. A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to block a new Washington state law banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles ...

  5. Gun laws in Washington (state) - Wikipedia

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    Gun laws in Washington regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of Washington in the United States. The Constitution of Washington protects an individual's right to bear arms. Washington preempts localities from regulating firearms in any manner more restrictive than State law except as explicitly ...

  6. 2018 Washington Initiative 1639 - Wikipedia

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    Initiative 1639 was a Washington state ballot initiative concerning firearms regulation that was passed into law on November 6, 2018. The initiative altered the gun laws in Washington by defining the term "semiautomatic assault rifle" to include all semiautomatic rifles, [1] [2] raising the minimum age for purchasing semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21.

  7. Gun show loophole - Wikipedia

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    For example Tacoma, Washington, has a background check requirement for purchases made at gun shows on city-owned property (made redundant by a state law passed the same year requiring universal background checks), and New York City has its own gun licensing requirements (in addition to being in a state that requires universal background checks).

  8. Washington’s gun control laws are supposed to protect us. But ...

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    Gun control laws weaker than you think. School started a few days ago for our Tri-Cities kids. I wonder what goes through their minds when they learn about the shooting at Apalachee High School ...

  9. National Instant Criminal Background Check System - Wikipedia

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    Those dealers were to use state law enforcement to run checks until 1998, when the NICS would become operational and come into effect. In 1997, the Supreme Court ruled against the five-day waiting period, but by 1998 the NICS was up and running, administered by the FBI, and applied to all firearms purchases from FFL dealers, including long guns.