Washington state bans AR-15 sales, requires training and waiting period for new gun buys

Washington state enacted a new law April 25 banning the sale, manufacture and import of assault weapons, or military-style semi-automatic firearms such as the AR-15, a weapon that has been used in some of the recent mass shootings in the United States.The legislation, House Bill 1240 does not ban the current possession of these semiautomatic…...