2 Bump Stock Buyback Events Coming Up In Washington

BELLEVUE, WA - Washington State Patrol will host two bump stock buyback events at the end of March. Bump stock owners will get $150 per device they turn in.

On Thursday, Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill that provides $150,000 for the bump stock buyback program. President Donald Trump issued a bump stock ban last year, and that will go into effect on March 26.

The shooter who carried out the October 2017 massacre at the Las Vegas strip used bump stocks on semiautomatic AR-15-style rifles, allowing him to fire the guns as if they were automatic. He killed 58 people and left hundreds more wounded.

The Washington bump stock buybacks happen 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 17, 18, 24, and 25. WSP troopers will issue vouchers for $150, and checks will be mailed out later. The state is accepting broken or working bump stocks, and you must have a valid Washington drivers license. Limit of five bump stock returns per person.

Here's where the buybacks will take place:

March 17-18

• Tacoma – 2502 112th Street East
• Bellevue – 2803 156th Avenue SE
• Kennewick – 143302 E Law Lane
• Spokane – 6403 W Rowand Rd
• Vancouver – 11018 NE 51 st Circle
• Wenatchee – 2822 Euclid Avenue
• Marysville – 2700 116th Street NE
• Hoquiam - 3111 Pacific Avenue

March 24-25

• Tacoma – 2502 112th Street East
• South Seattle – 15666 International Blvd (detachment office)
• Yakima – 2715 Rudkin Road
• Spokane – 6403 W Rowand Rd
• Vancouver – 11018 NE 51 st Circle
• Ellensburg - 291 S Thorp Hwy
• Marysville – 2700 116th Street NE
• Bremerton – 4811 Werner Road