In Support of Initiative 594, Ballot Measure to Reduce Gun Violence and Save Lives, Everytown for Gun Safety Ballot Committee for Initiative 594 Files With Washington State Public Disclosure Commission
7.9.2014
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7.9.2014
In support of Initiative 594, Washington state’s ballot measure that would reduce gun violence and save lives by requiring all Washingtonians to undergo the same background check when buying a gun, Everytown for Gun Safety Ballot Committee for Initiative 594 filed with the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission. Everytown for Gun Safety, whose 45,000 Washington state grassroots supporters and 27 Washington mayor members have already been advocating for common sense gun measures in the state for years, created the ballot committee and completed the legal filing in compliance with Washington state election law.
“We are a movement of moms, mayors and 45,000 Washingtonians from across the state who are working to pass Initiative 594 because we know that closing the background check loophole will help make our communities safer,” said Linda Parrish, a member of the Washington state chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense. “We stand with the 72 percent of Washington voters who support background checks to help keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons, domestic abusers and other dangerous people.”
“Our coalition of mayors from across the state has been advocating for sensible gun laws in
Washington for several years, and passing Initiative 594 fits within that mission,” said Mayor Marilyn Strickland of Tacoma. “As mayor of Tacoma, Initiative 594 makes sense because it will help keep guns out of dangerous hands while respecting our Second Amendment rights.”
72 percent of Washington voters support Initiative 594.
Did you know?
Every day, 125 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.
Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2019–2023; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.
Last updated: 11.8.2024
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