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  • Washington moves closer to bump stock ban

    Taylor McAvoy, WNPA Olympia News Bureau|Feb 21, 2018

    OLYMPIA (Feb. 23) -- A bill that would ban bump stocks, a device that increases a weapon’s rate of fire, is a step closer to becoming law. SB 5992 passed the House of Representatives 56-41 on Friday, Feb. 23 largely along party lines. The bill passed in the Senate 29-20 on Jan. 25. “It’s always been my belief that lawmakers should be judged not by what we say in response to gun violence but by what we do in response to gun violence,” Representative Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, said during floor debate. The votes came in the wake of a school...