While there is support for HB 1240, there’s also a lot of pushback from Senate Republicans and gun store owners in western Washington, as they believe this bill isn’t truly addressing the issue of gun violence.
VIDEO: Gun store owners concerned with passage of bill banning sale of assault weaponsBONNEY LAKE, Wash. — The Washington State Senate’s approval of House Bill 1240, legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of assault weapons, continues to draw interest from both sides of the aisle.
Denny is also the president and founder of the Washington State Firearms Coalition. She said in the weeks leading up to this bill, she and other gun stores have seen an increase in assault-style weapons sales. She believes this ban will only create more problems and put a lot of gun stores out of business.
“And that diversity is going to go a long way for us in not losing our business over this, but if we were solid guns, we’d go. We’d leave. We’d have to,” Denny said. Yet despite the potential looming court battle, those in favor of the bill saw this vote as a victory.
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