The Northwest News Network, part of the NPR Digital Network, reports:

This November, Washington voters will decide whether to require background checks for person-to-person gun sales.

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In Seattle, the U.S. Attorney is currently prosecuting a convicted felon who allegedly arranged to buy and sell guns on Facebook. In 2012, a Washington man was sentenced to prison for illegally selling a gun on ARMSLIST to a Canadian citizen. That buyer then used the gun to murder a woman he had dated.

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