On the first day of the 'Wear Orange' weekend, a national campaign to raise awareness of gun violence, a lawsuit was filed challenging Washington state’s new ban on large capacity ammunition magazine sales. FOX13
Bellevue’s Second Amendment Foundation and othersin federal district court, claiming the ban signed into law earlier this year by Gov. Jay Inslee violates the Second and Fourth Amendments of the US Constitution.
The lawsuit names Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and several county sheriffs as defendants.The Washington state Senate has voted to ban the manufacture, distribution and sale of firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. "We feel very confident that we will successfully defend high capacity magazines adopted by the legislature for two reasons," Ferguson said. "Courts across the country have upheld similar bans and frankly, we have a better legal team and legal advocates than the Second Amendment Foundation has."ban is selective enforcement because thousands of gun owners with large capacity magazine clips"Magazines do not have serial numbers like guns do," Workman told FOX 13 News.
In a related issue, Ferguson said his office is having conversations with state lawmakers regarding the ‘pre-emptive’ right the state has regarding gun laws.
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