It's been nearly one week since Washington voters passed Initiative 1639, a sweeping package of stricter gun regulations - particularly for semiautomatic rifles. While the measure raises the minimum ...

Stephen Paolini, the campaign manager for Initiative 1639, speaks to media Friday in Olympia to celebrate the gun restriction measure turning in signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Walker ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — New restrictions for buying a semi-automatic rifle in Washington state go into effect on Monday, July 1. Nearly 60 percent of Washington voters passed I-1639, an extensive gun reform ...

Undoubtedly, the United States has a problem with gun violence. And while Washington state is not immune from this disease, not all proposed cures fall under the category of common-sense gun laws.

WASHINGTON - Monday, two more Sheriff's have announced they won't be enforcing Initiative 1639. Lawmakers are trying to raise the purchase of semi-automatic rifles to twenty-one, have standards for ...

OLYMPIA — Washington voters approved a sweeping package of gun regulations Tuesday, the latest in a handful of firearms-related initiatives in recent years. Initiative 1639 passed with more than 60 ...

Firearms enthusiasts in eastern Washington have launched an initiative campaign to repeal Initiative 1639, the measure passed by voters last November that raises the minimum age for purchase of ...

OLYMPIA — Washington voters and the federal government this year delivered big changes to the state’s background-check system designed to keep people who are not allowed to have guns from buying them.

The National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging Washington Initiative 1639. The suit states that I-1639 "violates the commerce clause by ...

Efforts to pass stricter gun laws in Washington failed in the Legislature this year, such as raising the age limit to buy semi-automatic rifles. But voters could get the final say if backers of I-1639 ...

Initiative 1639 is the most sweeping piece of gun safety legislation put before voters in recent history. It would raise the purchase age to 21 for semi-automatic rifles, create enhanced background ...

One of the reasons Washington state’s initiative process has been so valued by the state’s voters for more than 100 years is that it allows citizens to take on the task of pursuing legislation when ...