OLYMPIA — A Federal Way gun shop and its former owner have agreed to pay $3 million for violating the state’s recent ban on selling magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Tuesday that Federal Way Discount Guns, and its former owner, Mohammed Baghai, sold thousands of high-capacity magazines after a state law to ban them went into effect in 2022, and continued to sell them even after the state filed a lawsuit. Ferguson described the violations as “egregious and brazen.”
“Federal Way Discount Guns chose to violate a critical law aimed at combating mass shootings,” Ferguson said in a statement. “Washington businesses are following the law and stopped selling high-capacity magazines. This resolution provides accountability for someone who flagrantly violated the law and will increase law enforcement resources to combat gun violence.”
Federal Way Discount Guns and Baghai each declined to comment when reached by phone Tuesday. Since the lawsuit, the store has been sold to Baghai’s son, Andrew, according to the AG’s office. The store’s website includes a link to a crowdfunding page “asking for donations that will help us to continue to stand up against Bob Ferguson and his team’s aggression as they relentlessly go after our 2nd amendment rights.”