Over the last 10 years, Washington state, through legislative action and citizen initiative, has adopted some of the nation’s strictest firearm safety laws. Among those are restrictions on ...

(The Center Square) – The Washington State Department of Licensing is seeing a surge in applications for concealed carry permits for firearms. “At the end of June 2025, there were 709,334 Washington ...

Evans noted that the permit-to-purchase law, House Bill 1163, which goes into effect on May 1, 2027, is already having an effect. “Whenever people see a surge in restrictions or a buildup in ...

Democrats in the Washington state House on Saturday approved an overhaul of the state’s system for buying guns. House Bill 1163 would require a state permit to purchase firearms. Majority Democrats ...

Over the past decade, the rate of firearm homicide in Washington has doubled. Similarly, firearm suicide rates are at near-record highs. A growing body of research points to a tangible solution: ...

WASHINGTON STATE — A new state permit requirement for gun buyers is poised to become law, as the Washington House sent the legislation to the governor’s desk late Tuesday. House Bill 1163 would ...

What it would do: Require buyers to obtain a permit before purchasing a firearm. Status: Passed the state House on March 8 in 58-38 vote. Spokane-area delegation voting yes: Reps. Natasha Hill and ...

For his debut testimony before the Washington state Legislature, Attorney General Nick Brown picked a bill to require a new state permit to purchase guns. He said the measure, one of the most ...

(The Center Square) – A new firearms-related law took effect this month in Washington, but the state is still two years away from implementing a controversial law requiring a permit to purchase ...