Infographic: Washington State Is for Background Checks

Private sellers and buyers should be required to visit a Washington state gun dealer to conduct a background check and process a gun sale.

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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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