OLYMPIA, Wash. - On Tuesday, Washington lawmakers took one step closer to an assault weapons ban at the state level.
The Washington State Senate Committee on Law and Justice pushed forward House Bill 1240, a new law banning the sale, manufacture, and import of assault weapons in the state.
This decision comes hours after the Nashville mass shooting where six people, including three children, were shot and killed by a gunman. The shooter was also killed.
Senators on both sides of the debate referenced the shooting.
