The Columbian writes:

Washington voters in next month’s election will consider competing, incompatible gun-control measures that undoubtedly will lead to confusion. We’ll try to keep it simple: Vote “yes” on Initiative 594; vote “no” on I-591.

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I-594 would represent only an incremental change in the state’s gun-control laws, and only incremental improvement in public safety; extending background checks would not prevent the bad guys from obtaining guns through black-market sales. I-594 is not a solution to gun violence, but it is a reasonable step in the right direction.

Read the full editorial here.