For the most part, being a gun-owner -- and a gun-carrier -- in Washington State is a good thing. When I moved up here from California in 1994, of course my first order of business was to phone my local police department to inquire as to the procedure for registering my firearms in my new state. At this point, I was still remembering the horrible experience (and three visits to the main station of the Honolulu PD) when I was forced to register my guns upon moving to Hawaii prior to relocating again to California ...
Me: "Hi, I just moved to this state; what do I need to do to register my personal firearms which I brought with me?"
Woman answering phone at PD: "Uh, nothing. You must have moved up here from California, right? But if you come down here tomorrow and pay the $60 fee, we'll issue you a Concealed Pistol License."
No training requirement for CPLs. You'll get your first one within about 10 days. Renewal is $35 bucks (or was last time I renewed). Only thing is the lack of a training requirement is apparently what stops most states from granting reciprocity to those with WA CPLs. Currently, we've got reciprocity with only about six other states, although about a total of 10 recognize our CPLs.
One will find, especially once one leaves King County, that the local PDs, SOs and the WSP regard those who carry concealed pistols about the same as they do any citizen they would encounter -- it's just not a big deal for them. Of course -- WA was the first shall-issue state, way back when.
We can carry pretty much anywhere (except bars, courthouses, mental health facilities and stadiums) and hunting is not considered with horror by most of the citizenry hereabouts ... Gunshops are easily found, gun prices are on balance pretty good, gun clubs abound and range facilities are available most everywhere.
Except for the lack of support for open carry and ownership of Class III weapons here, gun-ownership and gun-packing is generally regarded as normal (except, as noted, in and around Seattle, Mercer Island, Bainbridge Island or any of the other liberal enclaves around here where the inhabitants are totally out of touch with what everyone else in the state considers normal).