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OLYMPIA – Felons and others who can't legally buy guns would be reported to law enforcement when they fail a background check and potential victims could get a warning under a bill being considered by a Senate committee.
It's an effort that Rep. Drew Hansen, D-Bainbridge Island, said would "put some teeth" into the state's background check law, which stopped some 3,000 gun sales to people who weren't legally able to buy them last year. About half of those sales would have been to felons or fugitives from justice.
But not much happened to them, Hansen told the Senate Law and Justice Committee, because "there's not a lot of followup."
Background check failures for gun purchases could be reported to Washington State Patrol under proposed legislation