What we are doing next

The Gun Safety Action Plan will continue to expand and evolve to ensure that King County is doing everything in power to stop senseless gun violence and make our communities safer. We value you as a partner in this fight and hope you will share your ideas and solutions with us here.

State law restricts our ability to enact many common sense changes that would go a long way toward preventing mass shootings.

Which is why:

It's time to lead or get out of the way

The Washington State Legislature enacted a preemptive ban on local jurisdictions from making laws that might limit the sale or possession of firearms in our state.

If the state preemption law is repealed, the King County Gun Safety Action Plan will immediately: