Talk:2018 Washington Initiative 1639

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A fact from 2018 Washington Initiative 1639 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 March 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the sheriffs of more than a dozen of the 39 counties of Washington state have announced they will not enforce recently enacted gun-control legislation?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2019/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Washington Initiative 1639.

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Related discussion at Talk:Gun laws in Washington[edit]

See discussion at Talk:Gun_laws_in_Washington#"Semiautomatic_assault_rifle" for questions over the usse of the word "assault" in the law. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 20:46, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]