ICYMI: Washington Initiative Would Raise the Purchase Age for Semi-Automatic Weapons

From 18 to 21.by Heidi GrooverBallard High students during a March walkout to protest gun violence. Sydney Brownstone
A prominent gun safety organization will soon begin gathering signatures to get the latest initiative on the ballot. The Alliance for Gun Responsibility announced a ballot measure to raise the purchase age for semi-automatic weapons to 21, expand background checks for those purchases, and make other changes. The same group was behind two other successful initiatives in Washington