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Wash. governor signs bills tightening gun rules

By: The Associated Press, policeone.com

SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a group of bills Tuesday tightening rules on guns in some circumstances, part of a national shift toward more narrowly focused gun legislation.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee makes notes during a quiet moment during a bill signing ceremony, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Included in the bills were provisions allowing temporary gun bans on people being released from short-term psychiatric holds and people found incompetent to stand trial, and a prohibition on so-called “ghost guns” that lack serial numbers or are made from plastic and might be invisible to airport scanners.

 

The new rules also update existing gun-surrender requirements for people under restraining orders, adding a requirement for law enforcement to serve the orders.

Full story: https://www.policeone.com/gun-legislation-law-enforcement/articles/483794006-Wash-governor-signs-bills-tightening-gun-rules/