The News Tribune writes:
Initiatives 594 and 591 on the November ballot ask a simple question: Do you like background checks for firearms sales?
If you do, vote for I-594 and against I-591. That’s what we recommend. We can’t think of one good reason not to screen gun-seekers for criminal records and severe mental illnesses.
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Sweep all the chaff aside; this comes down to whether people seeking firearms should be screened for felonies, domestic violence and severe mental imbalances. If that’s unconstitutional or whatever, why don’t opponents demand that checks not be done in gun stores, either? The inconsistency reveals how flimsy the anti-screening argument really is.
Read the full editorial here.