RCW 9.41.240
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(1)A person under twenty-one years of age may not purchase a pistol or semiautomatic assault rifle, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person may sell or transfer a semiautomatic assault rifle to a person under twenty-one years of age.
(2)Unless an exception under RCW 9.41.042 , 9.41.050 , or 9.41.060 applies, a person at least eighteen years of age, but less than twenty-one years of age, may possess a pistol only:
(a)In the person's place of abode;
(b)At the person's fixed place of business; or
(c)On real property under his or her control.
(3)Except in the places and situations identified in RCW 9.41.042
(1)through
(9)and 9.41.060
(1)through (10), a person at least eighteen years of age, but less than twenty-one years of age, may possess a semiautomatic assault rifle only:
(a)In the person's place of abode;
(b)At the person's fixed place of business;
(c)On real property under his or her control; or
(d)For the specific purpose of
(i)moving to a new place of abode;
(ii)traveling between the person's place of abode and real property under his or her control; or
(iii)selling or transferring the firearm in accordance with the requirements of this chapter; provided that in all of these situations the semiautomatic assault rifle is unloaded and either in secure gun storage or secured with a trigger lock or similar device that is designed to prevent the unauthorized use or discharge of the firearm.
[ 2019 c 3 s 13 (Initiative Measure No. 1639, approved November 6, 2018); 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 423 ; 1971 c 34 s 1 ; 1909 c 249 s 308 ; 1883 p 67 s 1 ; RRS s 2560.]
Notes:
Finding — Short title — Effective dates — Implementation — 2019 c 3 (Initiative Measure No. 1639): See notes following RCW 9.41.360 .
Finding — Intent — Severability — 1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540 .
Effective date — 1994 sp.s. c 7 ss 401-410, 413-416, 418-437, and 439-460: See note following RCW 9.41.010 .