States with stricter gun laws
Everytown lists Washington as first in the “making progress” category, while ranking states like Massachusetts, Hawaii and New York as “national leaders.” California, which holds the top spot on Everytown and the Giffords Law Center’s rankings, passed legislation in areas that Washington has yet to OK – namely a ban on assault weapons.
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has pushed to ban the sale of military style assault weapons for years. This measure can be a hard sell when guns are part of the culture, according to Wechsler of CeaseFire.
“Especially in the rural communities, where guns are just seen as part of life,” he
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