The Seattle Times reports:

Political opponents always look for an edge.

Those who oppose Initiative 594, the proposal to extend background checks to private gun sales, insist they’ve found that edge in the way the measure defines a gun “transfer.” They say the initiative’s wording would effectively criminalize almost anyone who hands anyone else a gun — including students in a gun-safety class or a father and son out on a hunting trip.

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Supporters of I-594 reject that interpretation and say similar arguments are used around the country to scuttle proposed gun regulations.

“Going down the transfer road,” said Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe, “you can always invent some scenario that makes people scared.”

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