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on January 16, 2016 in Gun Page World News

Washington State Dem Introduces Bill to Ban Possession of ‘Assault Weapons’

by AWR Hawkins On January 11, Washington state representative Jim Moeller (D-49th) introduced legislation to ban the possession of “assault weapons” in the state. Moeller’s definition of an “assault weapon” also includes any semiautomatic pistol “that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine.” In addition to pistols that accept detachable magazines, HB 2354 defines a “assault weapon” as: A semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a 27 detachable magazine and has one or more of the following: A pistol grip or thumbhole stock; Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that 30 can be held by… View Article

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