State v. Gator's Custom Guns, Inc.
Supreme Court of Washington · No. 102,940-3
👎Unfavorable to gun rights
Upheld Washington's large-capacity magazine sales ban, reversing the trial court that had struck it. The cert petition is being held at SCOTUS with Duncan v. Bonta.
GunMapUSA assessment of the outcome's direction, not a statement that the court decided rightly or wrongly.
Where the case stands
Washington sued Gator's Custom Guns, a Kelso gun shop, for continuing to sell magazines over ten rounds after SB 5078 banned their manufacture, distribution and sale. The Cowlitz County trial court held the ban unconstitutional; on May 8, 2025, the Washington Supreme Court reversed and upheld it. Gator's petition for certiorari (No. 25-153) was docketed August 8, 2025 and is being held at the Supreme Court alongside Duncan v. Bonta, California's ten-round-limit case — part of the cluster of magazine cases waiting on the Court's fall 2026 decisions about which vehicle, if any, to take.
Summarized from the complaint and docket.
What this case is about
Whether Washington's ban on manufacturing, distributing and selling magazines over ten rounds (SB 5078) violates the Second Amendment or the Washington Constitution
GunMapUSA summary of the issue, not a quotation from the court.
Key Dates
- 2025-05-08 — Decided — magazine ban upheld, trial-court ruling striking it reversed
- 2025-08-08 — Certiorari petition docketed at the Supreme Court (No. 25-153); held pending Duncan v. Bonta
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-27
- Supreme Court of the United States — retrieved 2026-08-27
Summary of public court records. Not legal advice.