A King County Superior Court judge has ordered a Federal Way gun store to stop selling high-capacity magazines in violation of a state ban.
Judge Michael Scott granted Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Federal Way Discount Guns and its owner, Mohammed Reza Baghai, on Friday.
Ferguson sued the store in December, saying it is one of two gun stores out of 25 tested statewide that broke the law during an enforcement operation.
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Lawmakers adopted a ban on gun magazines containing more than 10 rounds last year at Ferguson’s request, and the sting operation was his office’s first enforcement effort.
The store declined to comment, The Seattle Times reported.
A gun store in Federal Way, Washington, violated a state ban on selling high-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
According to the attorney general’s office, investigators visited Federal Way Discount Guns four times between August and November and observed a wall of high-capacity magazines for sale. An employee or Baghai sold investigators nine such magazines, including a 50-round battery magazine, two 30-round magazines for an AR-15-style rifle and a 33-round magazine for a Glock 17 pistol, Ferguson said.
During each sale, a store representative would destroy the record of the sale or make comments suggesting they knew the sale was illegal, he said.
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The defendants face a maximum penalty of $7,500 for each time the store offered a high-capacity magazine for sale and $7,500 for each actual sale, Ferguson said.
The attorney general said he would also seek to have the store destroy its inventory of high-capacity chargers or return them to the manufacturer.
