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Hundreds sign up to weigh in on WA bills to limit high capacity magazines, open carry January 27, 2021 at 12:14 pm
Thousands of protesters at a rally following a march in favor of gun control at the Seattle Center on March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
While COVID-19 and police reform may be top of mind, lawmakers are making plenty of time for some of the more familiar proposals, including the effort to ban so-called high capacity magazines.
For at least the fourth straight year, Democrats in the Legislature will try to make it illegal to buy, possess, manufacture, or sell magazines with more than 10 rounds in Washington state.
Bill banning high-capacity magazines draws fire from Washington gun owners by Tim Gruver, The Center Square | January 27, 2021 08:00 AM Print this article
As guns fly off store shelves around the U.S., Washington state lawmakers are setting their sights on banning high-capacity magazines following a year of surging gun violence.
The
Gun Violence Archive, which counts mass shooting deaths, reported 578 mass shootings of four or more victims between Jan. 1 and Nov. 26 of 2020 or 28% more than the 417 mass shootings reported in 2019.
The Brookings Institution
estimates some three million more guns were sold than normal between March and June, bringing national gun sales to an all-time high as mass protests against police brutality began around the country.