Lauryn Berg, 32, at Evergreen Rotary Park in Kitsap County, Wash. on September 23, 2025. Berg secured a domestic violence protection order against her ex-husband in August 2024, which required him to surrender all of his guns to law enforcement. Although Berg’s ex-husband turned in two handguns, she fears that he can still access other guns he owned during their relationship. (Photo by Mike Kane/InvestigateWest)
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In July 2024, Joseph Leitz walked into a red brick sheriff’s office building in the small Western Washington city of Shelton and turned in two handguns…