A King County judge last week ruled against a Federal Way gun shop owner who sold high-capacity magazines despite a state ban.
The judge’s decision granted state Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s motion for partial summary judgment, finding Federal Way Discount Guns and owner Mohammed Reza Baghai in violation of Washington’s Consumer Protection Act for illegally selling high-capacity magazines. The decision came after Ferguson sued the shop and Baghai, and after another King County judge ordered the retailer to stop selling the high-capacity magazines.
“Federal Way Discount Guns chose to violate a law that makes our communities safer,” Ferguson said in a statement Friday. “Today’s ruling is an important step toward holding them accountable.”
The shop argued in King County Superior Court filings last month that Baghai did not brazenly disregard the ban. Instead, Baghai’s attorneys wrote, he listened to law enforcement officials who told him the ban was unconstitutional and therefore would not be enforced.
The filings argue the Second Amendment grants Baghai and his shop a right to sell weapons, including high-capacity magazines.
The documents filed March 27 asked Superior Court Judge Wyman Yip to dismiss Ferguson’s request for partial summary judgment, which was granted Friday. Baghai’s attorneys noted two pending lawsuits in Washington’s federal district court challenging the state ban on high-capacity magazines.
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