City of Edmonds petitions State Supreme Court to overrule decision throwing out gun storage ordinance

In the latest legal maneuverings around Edmonds' much-contested gun storage and unauthorized use ordinance (Ordinance 4120), the City of Edmonds ha...

August 18, 2022
7:06 PM

In the latest legal maneuverings around Edmonds' much-contested gun storage and unauthorized use ordinance (Ordinance 4120), the City of Edmonds has filed a petition with the Washington State Supreme CourtĀ asking it to overrule the recent state Appeals Court decision that effectively invalidated the ordinance. Passed in 2018, the Edmonds gun ordinance addresses two functional issues. The first mandates safe storage of firearms (section 5.26.020), and the second addresses and provides penalties for unauthorized use of firearms (section 5.

Ken Reidy