Washington state passed a law Tuesday banning the sale of AR-15s and dozens of other semi-automatic rifles.
This from msn.com.
During a ceremony where he signed the bill into law, the Seattle Times reported, Gov. Jay Inslee said:
These weapons of war, assault weapons, have no reason other than mass murder. Their only purpose is to kill humans as rapidly as possible in large numbers.
The new law will take effect immediately and will ban the future sale, distribution, manufacture, and importation of more than 50 gun models, including AR-15s and AK-47s.
After the proposal first passed the state House in March, gun store owners across the state told VICE that sales of AR-15s went up.
Washington is now the 10th state to prohibit the sale of semi-automatic rifles. Those states are listed below:
California
- Barring limited exceptions, California prohibits any possession of an assault weapon unless someone already owned it lawfully prior to the restrictions and had it registered with the state Department of Justice.
- California additionally bans people from manufacturing, distributing, transporting, importing, giving or lending any assault weapon within the state. Keeping or offering assault weapons for sale also violates the law.
Connecticut
- Connecticut similarly bars possession of an assault weapon unless the owner lawfully possessed it prior to the ban and registered it.
- State law also prohibits transporting, importing and giving assault weapons, with a few exceptions. Keeping or offering an assault weapon for sale is not allowed.
Delaware
- Delaware bans the possession of an assault weapon and prohibits manufacturing, selling, transferring or receiving one, barring some exceptions.
- The state limits high-capacity magazines and bans the use of devices or parts that convert handguns into fully automatic weapons.
Hawaii
- Hawaii prohibits the manufacture, possession, sale, giving, transfer or acquisition of assault weapons.
- State law bars any person from installing, removing or altering a firearm or firearm part with the intent to convert it into an automatic firearm.
Maryland
- Maryland bars the possession, sale, transfer, purchase and receipt of assault weapons unless it was already lawfully owned prior to the ban.
- People in the state are not allowed to offer them for sale or transport them into Maryland.
Massachusetts
- Barring a license, Massachusetts law prohibits the sale and possession of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines unless they were lawfully owned prior to the ban.
- Dealers are also barred from selling, leasing, renting, transferring, delivering or offering for those purposes any assault weapon or large-capacity feeding device.
New Jersey
- Barring a license, New Jersey bans the possession, manufacturing, transportation, sale, shipping, transfer and giving of assault weapons, including semi-automatic shotguns that contains a magazine capacity with more than six rounds.
- The possession of a part or combination of parts intended to convert a firearm into an assault weapon is also barred.
New York
- New York bans people from possessing, manufacturing, transporting, selling, shipping, transferring and giving assault weapons within the state.
- The law doesn’t apply to people who lawfully owned the firearm prior to the ban and registered it within the specified time period.
Illinois
- Illinois prohibits the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and switches.
- State law also requires current owners of semi-automatic rifles to register them.
Washington
- Washington bans the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of more than 50 specific types of semiautomatic firearms, including AR-15s.
- The ban also applies to all semiautomatic rifles less than 30 inches in length as well as other semiautomatic firearms with features like thumbhole stocks and additional hand grips.
