DOJ drops federal handgun sale ban for 18 to 20-year-olds, in WA I-1639 blocks those sales

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Washington’s 21-and-over rules for buying a handgun are still the law that matters in this state, even after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a legal opinion on Friday that a related federal ban cannot be criminally enforced. The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that federal statutes barring licensed dealers from selling […]

Four arrested in ICE and Border Patrol drug bust in Marysville, cache of weapons seized

MARYSVILLE—Border Patrol agents, with assistance with Homeland Security Investigations (HIS), took down a massive drug and firearms trafficking ring in Marysville, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks announced to X on Wednesday. The investigation, which began in the summer of 2025, was spearheaded by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs […]