That annual background-check provision – which was tucked inside a sweeping package of other gun regulations – is a unique idea to further strengthen firearms regulations. The existing background-check system generally screens people attempting to purchase guns and is tasked with keeping firearms away from those prohibited from possessing them under the law. That includes domestic abusers, individuals convicted of a felony, and those who have been civilly committed via the courts after mental-health episodes.
But the Inslee administration’s decisions on the new law were made so quietly that key advocates for firearms regulations – including the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, which put forth the 2018 ballot measure – were
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