Both Sides Gearing Up for Fight Over Gun Control Bills in Washington Legislature
OLYMPIA – Gun control advocates may have their best chance in several years to pass firearms restrictions, starting with Senate committee hearings Monday on a series of bills that would limit certain types of firearms or devices that can make them fire more rounds faster.
But as they have for several sessions, gun rights activists vowed Friday to fight those and any other restrictions on what they believe are rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
A well-armed crowd of about 100 on the north steps of the domed Legislative Building shouted “Shame!” as a member of the Gun Rights Coalition called out the numbers of Senate bills and the names of their sponsors.
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