Washington State Rep. Lauren Davis (D-Shoreline) wrote House Bill 1715 in part based on her own domestic violence experience in King County, in which she said her abuser had access to firearms.

In other counties, including Yakima, Benton and Franklin, attorneys say some judges and commissioners have also refused to issue firearm surrender orders.

In June 2019, a woman lay on the floor of a trailer home in Kitsap County, struggling to breathe after her boyfriend, Dwayne Allen Flannery, allegedly beat and choked her.