SAN FRANCISCO, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Jay Inslee, governor of the U.S. state of Washington, on Tuesday signed legislation to prohibit dozens of semiautomatic rifles.
The bill bans the sale, transfer, distribution, manufacture and importation of 62 gun models it defines as "assault weapons," including AR-15s, AK-47s and similar high-powered rifles that have been used to carry out the mass shootings across the United States.
