House Bill 1240 — which would prohibit the manufacture, import, distribution, sale, and attempted sale of assault weapons in Washington state — has become a point of contention amongst lawmakers throughout the state.
Most recently, Lynnwood City Councilmember George Hurst came out in support of the proposed ban.
“You lose track of all these mass shootings,” Hurst said, according to KIRO 7. “But after Nashville, I had to do something. I had to do something personally.”
“I was very surprised that this type of an issue was brought to the Lynnwood City Council,” Lynnwood City Councilmember Patrick Decker said on The Jason Rantz Show on AM 770 KTTH in response to his colleague’s comments. “It’s really not in character for the types of issues that I know our community wants to focus on. And it really is going to end up being a distraction from important legislation and important progress that we need to make on some far more pressing issues.”
