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The law adopted by Washington's city council in 1976 bars residents from owning handguns unless they had one before the law took effect. Shotguns and rifles may be kept in homes, if they are registered, kept unloaded and either disassembled or equipped with trigger locks.



Why do you need to have the gun disassembled or equipped with trigger locks if it is illegal to have them loaded?



Because you have to make sure there's absolutely no chance they'd ever be used in self-defense.