The Washington state Senate on Saturday approved an assault-weapons ban, a measure long sought by gun-control advocates.
passed the Senate in a 27-21 vote, with one excused. The measure will go back to the House since it was amended by the Senate before it is sent to Gov. Jay Inslee.If the bill is signed into law, Washington would join nine other states that have enacted laws generally banning the sale, manufacture and transfer of assault weapons, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
"It is something that I’ve believed in since 1994 when I voted to make this federal law," said Inslee, who served in Congress before becoming governor. State Rep. Darya Farivar, D-Seattle, lamented a modern cycle of "deaths, sadness, thoughts and prayers, and then back to business." She said she has experienced a shooter lockdown, and she decried the fearful reality faced by schoolchildren.
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