Lawmakers will consider multiple proposals this session to restrict access to guns in Washington.
A Senate committee on Monday heard proposals involving gun rights, including one that would ban the manufacture, possession and sale of any assault weapons, and one that would allow local governments to ban open carry at public meetings or in their facilities.
The sponsor of both bills, Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, called assault weapons the “weapon of choice” in numerous deadly mass shootings.
“The list of tragedies will only grow longer until we do something to change this,” she said.
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