(The Center Square) – Both sides are gearing up for the next round in court in the fight over Washington state’s law prohibiting the sale, attempted sale, manufacture and distribution of high-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
The case of the State of Washington v. Gator’s Custom Guns Inc. will be heard by the Washington Supreme Court on Jan. 14.
As previously reported by The Center Square, Gator’s Guns in Kelso refused to comply with a ban on the sale of new high-capacity magazines of more than 10 rounds, arguing the ban is unconstitutional.
The high-capacity magazine law went into effect on July 1, 2022. The law does not prohibit the possession of high-capacity magazines.
Gator’s Custom Guns was slapped with a civil investigative demand from the Office of the Washington State Attorney General. The AG uses CIDs to conduct investigations into business practices that violate the Consumer Protection Act.
Silent Majority Foundation general counsel Pete Serrano defended Gator’s Custom Gun’s challenge to the CID. At that point, the AGO filed suit alleging that the sale of so-called “large capacity magazines” was illegal after Senate Bill 5078, passed in 2021, went into effect.