MyNorthwest.com reports

It comes seven years too late for a woman killed on the University of Washington campus, but the Washington legislature has taken a step toward protecting domestic violence victims from their abusers.
Rebecca Griego had a protection order against her former boyfriend, but that didn’t stop him from getting a gun and killing her in her University of Washington office. That was in 2007.

The state Senate unanimously passed a bill Thursday that would require those with domestic violence protection orders against them to hand over their guns, if a judge rules them a credible threat.

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