Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced on Wednesday a consumer protection lawsuit against a gun store and its owner for illegally selling high-capacity magazines despite the ban on such products in the state.
Ferguson is also seeking an injunction that would block Federal Way Discount Guns from selling high-capacity magazines.
The defendants face a maximum penalty of $7,500 every time the store offered a high-capacity magazine for sale and $7,500 every time it illegally sold a high-capacity magazine.
The lawsuit follows a statewide sweep of gun dealers conducted by investigators in the AG's office. Attorney General investigators visited 25 firearms retailers across Washington state over a period of several months to confirm that the retailers were complying with the new law by attempting to purchase the unlawful magazines.
Only two retailers did not comply and were offering high-capacity ammunition magazines, according to officials. One of these was Federal Way Discount Guns.
This is Ferguson’s first enforcement of the sales ban, which was adopted by Washington earlier this year.