The editorial board of the Seattle Times recommends that voters approve Initiative 1491:

Washington state has several laws to take guns away from people in certain circumstances, as part of civil-protection orders in situations like domestic violence.

But those laws set too high a bar for immediate action when people are trying to save someone who is suicidal or stop someone who has made violent threats against friends or family members.

Voters should approve Initiative 1491 to fill in this gap. It sets up a court procedure for a judge to issue extreme-risk protection orders to temporarily prevent someone from accessing firearms if there is demonstrated evidence the person is a danger.

Read the whole editorial here.