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Private sellers and buyers should be required to visit a Washington state gun dealer to conduct a background check and process a gun sale.
Gun Violence Prevention
Senior Constituency Media Associate
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Director, Media Relations
Interim Executive Vice President, Communications
Senior Director, Government Affairs
Chelsea Parsons is Associate Director of Crime and Firearms Policy at the Center for American Progress. Arkadi Gerney is a Senior Fellow at the Center. Charles Posner is the State Communications Assistant at the Center.
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Former Vice President, Gun Violence Prevention
Senior Fellow
Policy Manager
Protecting people from crime is one of the government’s most fundamental and urgent responsibilities. However, the current reality is that too many crimes go unsolved and too many victims lack justice. The Center for American Progress is committed to advancing evidence-based policies that keep individuals safe by solving crime when it happens, ensuring swift and certain accountability for those who harm others, and preventing crime in the first place.