Washington has become the fifth state in the US to ban under 21 from buying a semi-automatic assault rifle.
The new law comes after voters passed a sweeping firearms measure in November, which has since drawn a court challenge from gun rights advocates.
Washington's new ballot initiative seeks to curb gun violence by toughening background checks for people buying assault rifles.
It increases the age limit to buy those firearms and requires the safe storage of all guns. Only the age-limit portion of the measure goes into effect on January 1. The rest becomes law on July 1.
Washington has become the fifth state in the US to ban under 21 from buying a semi-automatic assault rifle
Kristen Ellingboe, a spokeswoman for the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility, said the initiative was one of the most comprehensive gun-violence prevention measures to pass in the United States.
It specifically targeted 'semi-automatic assault rifles' in response to mass shootings across the country, she said.
'We've seen that assault rifles are the weapon of choice for mass shootings, and when they're used, more people are killed and injured,' Ellingboe added.
Fifty-nine percent of Washington voters approved Initiative 1639 in the November 6 general election.
'We've see time and again that Washington voters want action to prevent gun violence in our state,' Ellingboe said. 'They showed that again by supporting 1639 by a wide margin.'
But gun control detractors have sued to block it.
'Starting today, young adults between the ages of 18 to 20 will have their rights to purchase semi-automatic rifles stripped away,' said Dave Workman, a spokesman for the Second Amendment Foundation.
The federal lawsuit says the measure violates the Second and Fourteenth amendments of the Constitution as well as gun sellers' rights under the Commerce Clause.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit are firearms dealers in Spokane and Vancouver, a 19-year-old competitive shooter, a 19-year-old in the Army Reserves, a 20-year-old recreational shooter, the Second Amendment Foundation, and the National Rifle Association.
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said he 'looks forward to representing the people of the state of Washington in court against the NRA'.
'The gun lobby is trying to thwart the will of nearly 60 percent of Washingtonian voters who supported common sense gun reform in our state,' he said in an email.
The new law comes after voters passed a sweeping firearms measure in November, which has since drawn a court challenge from gun-rights advocates
The full measure, when it goes into effect later this year, will expand the background check process to ensure that vetting for rifle purchases is the same as it is for buying pistols.
Currently, people in Washington who buy long guns are run through the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS.
But background checks for handgun sales are done by local law enforcement agencies that can access NICS as well as more detailed records that might expose mental health issues or harder-to-find criminal records.
You also must be 21 years old to purchase a pistol.
'This will update Washington state law so the requirements to purchase semi-automatic assault rifle will match handguns,' Ellingboe said.
In most states, including over the border in Idaho and Oregon, you must be 18 to buy an assault rifle. But Republican-dominant Florida passed a law after a school shooting to increase the age limit to 21.
Nikolas Cruz was 18 when he legally bought the assault rifle he used to kill 17 people at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland last February.
Four other states - Hawaii, Illinois, Vermont and New York - also prohibit anyone under 21 from buying all firearms.
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The new law comes after voters passed a sweeping firearms measure in November, which has since drawn a court challenge from gun rights advocates.
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