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Attorney General Bob Ferguson has vowed to keep the ban alive, and the state Supreme Court has allowed it to stay in place for now.

Here are 12 new policies that will come into effect in 2024.

Ten years ago, the NRA was feared. But three major laws signed by Gov. Inslee show that Democrats are less reluctant to pass new restrictions.

Perhaps lawmakers' strongest action on firearms regulations to date, the proposal needs one more vote in the House before going to the desk of Gov. Inslee.

Other measures include mandated gun-safety training and imposed liability on firearm manufacturers.

Ahead of the 2023 legislative session, politics reporter Joseph O'Sullivan offers a crash course on state firearms restrictions.

The Alliance for Gun Responsibility's policy agenda for the upcoming legislative session also includes a permit-to-purchase law.

State officials have decided to push forward a voter-approved measure requiring annual background checks of pistol and semiautomatic rifle owners.

State officials have yet to start annual background checks for owners of pistols and semiautomatic rifles — and they have no concrete plans to do so.

Washington already ranked among the strictest states for firearm laws before it passed additional gun control legislation this year. But advocates say there's still room for improvement.

But in the wake of the Uvalde shooting, some students and educators say a national reckoning on guns is key to school safety.

As gun deaths rise, Seattle-area leaders hope peer pressure can break cycles of violence.