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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, Federal 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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Vice President, Gun Violence Prevention
Senior Fellow
Policy Manager
Our goal is to reduce gun violence by enacting strong gun laws, increasing investment in local solutions, and growing the movement dedicated to this mission.