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The mostly party line vote was 28 to 20.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuns and polarized politics is a bad combination and it poses serious risks to public health and safety,\u201d said Democratic state Sen. Patty Kuderer, the prime sponsor of the bill.<\/p>\n

In her speech, Kuderer invoked several recent incidents, including the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January and the shooting deaths of two people at protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t see any practical purpose for carrying a deadly weapon at public demonstrations or here at the Capitol,\u201d Kuderer said. \u201cThe only purpose to do it is to intimidate people who are exercising their First Amendment rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The mostly party line vote was 28 to 20. \u201cGuns and polarized politics is a bad combination and it poses serious risks to public health and safety,\u201d said Democratic state Sen. Patty Kuderer, the prime sponsor of the bill. In her speech, Kuderer invoked several recent incidents, including the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January and the shooting deaths of two people at protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. \u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t see any practical purpose for carrying a deadly weapon at public demonstrations or here at the Capitol,\u201d Kuderer said. \u201cThe only purpose to do it is to intimidate…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"\nKUOW - Senate votes to ban open carry of firearms at Capitol and at demonstrations - Patty Kuderer Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/2021\/02\/25\/kuow-senate-votes-to-ban-open-carry-of-firearms-at-capitol-and-at-demonstrations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KUOW - Senate votes to ban open carry of firearms at Capitol and at demonstrations - Patty Kuderer Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The mostly party line vote was 28 to 20. \u201cGuns and polarized politics is a bad combination and it poses serious risks to public health and safety,\u201d said Democratic state Sen. 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