firearms

FBI crime data shows less than 2 percent of homicides were committed by a rifle-type weapon.

  The Washington State Legislature is hearing in committee this week, a bill that would ban the sale of dozens of popular firearms.   At least 63 types of firearms would be prohibited from being sold. According to information from The Center Square, the State House has passed House Bill (HB) 1240, and now it heads to the Senate where the Law and Justice Committee will consider it. According ... Re

One of the firearms the woman helped sell was the gun that killed a four-year-old during a domestic dispute in Othello in February 2021.

The bill would have required someone who wishes to purchase a firearm in WA state to take a safety course, and would have to renew it in five years.

bill would allow cities or counties to enact their own gun laws, like how Chicago has a ban on firearms that was repealed not long ago.

Benton County Sheriff Tom Croskrey released a statement to the media and on the BCSO Facebook page yesterday, joining a number of other elected Sheriffs around the state in opposing the new slate of gun laws being proposed this session.

Multiple suspects were apprehended along with at least 15 firearms.

This appears to be the most aggressive attempt to stifle gun sales in WA state history

For the second time now, Gov. Inslee and AG Bob Ferguson are going after what they claim are assault type weapons.

Several people have been charged in connection with the investigation.