Private firearm sales in Washington require completion through a Federal Firearms Licensed (FFL) dealer with a mandatory background check. Retail dealers must register all retail pistol sales with local police/sheriff and the State Department of Licensing. For handgun transfers to individuals without a...
Although the court was widely expected to weaken state gun laws, the timing was a slight surprise: Most aides in the Capitol and at the White House believed the widely-anticipated decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen would come next week, as the court neared the ...
What is Washington State Law for Sidewalk Snow Removal? The law for Washington State on snow removal RCW 35.24.290 reads that a "city may impose fines, penalties, and forfeitures for violation of its ordinances; while subsection (18) further provides that the city has the power to make all...
2d 405, 421-22, 439 P.2d 248 (1968) (noting the State may exercise its police power to "`prescribe laws tending to promote the health, peace, morals, education, good order and welfare of the people'" (quoting Shea v. Olson, 185 Wash. 143, 153, 53 P.2d 615 (1936))). Properly...
Washington State is not the first to enact such laws; it is the latest and perhaps the worst. HB 1240 has taken the laws in California and New York to new levels. Even though the Supreme Court struck down similar gun control measures inNYSRPA v. Bruen, Illinois and Washington have complet...
(b) Has, before the commission of the offense under (a) of this subsection, been convicted as an offender on at least two separate occasions, whether in this state or elsewhere, of felonies that under the laws of this state would be considered most serious offenses and would be included ...
The Differences of Snow Removal Laws Between Cities in Washington State There are some cities that are very strict about snow removal and others that are much more relaxed. In Yakima, a homeowner is responsible for clearing snow and ice on sidewalks in front of their home "by 9 am of the...
Washington State ballot initiative I-1639 categorizes all semiautomatic rifles as “assault rifles.” Ballotpedia quotes I-1639’s text: noting that the initiative is focused on “semiautomatic assault rifles.” Any rifle which utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the...
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“high capacity magazines” didn’t make the cut. Also derailed wasSubstitute Senate Bill 5174, which would have required the state’s 600,000-plus concealed pistol license holders, and all new applicants, to take a training course that it’s not clear anyone was qualified to teach, in ...