While I have seen more state allow the carrying of handguns with out permits….
It IS good to see that more states are banning weapon’s developed to kill multiple amounts of people in conflict more efficiently for the military .
“Assault weapons have no reason other than mass murder. Their only purpose is to kill humans as rapidly as possible in large numbers,” Inslee said at the state capitol Tuesday. “AR-15s should not be idolized, they should be prohibited, and that’s what we’re doing here today.”…
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The United States continues to face rampant gun violence, with more than 170 mass shootings recorded so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Assault weapons, which the bill describes as “civilian versions of weapons created for the military” that “are designed to kill humans quickly,” have long been at the center of conversations about how to prevent gun violence, especially the AR-15, which was used in mass killings in Newtown, Conn.; Parkland, Fla.; Uvalde, Tex.; and elsewhere. A 2019 report looking at public mass killings with four or more deaths found that assault rifles accounted for more than 85 percent of fatalities.
Washington is the 10th U.S. state to generally ban assault weapons, joining California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, as well as D.C., according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence….