In an editorial endorsing Initiative 594, the Wenatchee World writes:

Background checks are a sensible precaution when selling firearms. They are no cure for gun violence and mayhem, and no threat to the rights of legitimate gun owners, but it is possible they might keep some guns out of unwanted hands, namely away from convicted criminals and people with a certified mental illness.

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Closing the so-called gun show loophole will make us safer, to some degree. That’s what Initiative 594 attempts, and if that is the case it deserves a yes vote.

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To complicate matters voters will have to deal with Initiative 591, a diversion placed on the ballot by gun rights groups hoping to void I-594 or so legally scramble the situation that it will be impossible to sort out.

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Vote no on I-591. Vote yes on I-594.

Read the full editorial here.