Hundreds sign up to weigh in on WA bill to limit high capacity magazines

Hundreds sign up to weigh in on WA bill to limit high capacity magazines

Despite the pandemic, lawmakers are making time for some of the more familiar proposals, including an effort to ban so-called high capacity magazines.

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