Gun-storage provisions and the rest of I-1639 kick in Monday
Agree with them or not, new gun-storage provisions take effect Monday. Does that mean firearms owners must have gun safes or use gun locks?
Not necessarily, according to details of Initiative 1639, approved by voters last November.
Secure storage provisions are among many changes to Washington’s firearms laws brought on by the initiative. Some parts of 1639 have been in force since Jan. 1, primarily a ban on sales to those under age 21 of what the state Attorney General’s Office calls semiautomatic assault rifles.
The National Rifle Association and a gun-rights group have filed a lawsuit challenging parts of 1639. But unless a court rules otherwise, by Monday the entire measure will be in force. A city of Edmonds ordinance relating to firearms storage is already in effect. It, too, is being challenged in court.
Statewide, other parts of 1639 taking effect Monday include requirements for enhanced background checks, waiting periods and training, plus safety-warning and storage rules for gun dealers.
Should you be shopping for a gun safe? A quick peek online, at Cabela’s and Costco, shows pistol vaults as affordable as $60 and gun safes costing more than $3,000.
“A safe is the best, secured to the wall,” said Deputy Chief John DeRousse of the Everett Police Department.
The city recently launched a Lock It Everett campaign, which has provided free gun locks at the department’s downtown North Precinct and the South Precinct on Everett Mall Way.
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