The SAF is not alone in opposing the gun control effort. “This new law is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court long ago ruled that states cannot ban firearms that are in common use,” Aoibheann Cline, Washington state director of the NRA-ILA, said of the lawsuit filed Tuesday in ...
2.Governor-elect (and state Attorney General) Bob Ferguson is considering State Sen. Joe Nguyen (D-34, West Seattle and Vashon) for director of the state Department of Commerce, whose wide portfolio includes affordable housing, energy and climate investments, broadband, gun violence prevention, an...
Meanwhile, Democrats have a three-way primary for this seat. The favorite is state Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet, whohas raised $1.7 millionand has endorsements fromEmily's Listand theUnited Auto Workerslabor union, as well asfrom Kildeeandother Democratic officeholders. She's...
Washington’s new law is also notable because thestate has the highest level of household gun ownershipcompared to other states with similar assault weapon bans on the books. (A study by RAND in 2016 found that about 34% of Washington adults lived in a household with a firearm—a figure th...