By Joel Connelly, SeattlePI[1]

Updated 4:08 pm PDT, Friday, August 17, 2018
Under Washington's Initiative 1639, the minimum age for purchase of an AR-15, semi-automatic, magazine-fed rifle -- a weapon used in the Parkland, Florida, massacre -- would go from 18 to 21.  The measure would expand background checks.. less[2] Under Washington's Initiative 1639, the minimum age for purchase of an AR-15, semi-automatic, magazine-fed rifle -- a weapon used in the Parkland, Florida, massacre -- would go from 18 to 21.  The measure ... more[3] Gun rights advocates open carry to exercise their rights on the steps of the Washington State Capitol building on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. Gun rights advocates open carry to exercise their rights on the steps of the Washington State Capitol building on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. Photo: GRANT HINDSLEY, SEATTLEPI.COM Stephen Anson, of Lacey, shows off his Constitution tattoo as over 1,000 people gathered at the state capital in Olympia, Saturday, for the "March for our Rights" gun rights rally, April 21, 2018. Speakers opposed gun

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