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A 29-year-old nurse in the Tri-Cities who was killed in May by her ex-boyfriend Aaron Newport. Newport had a history of domestic violence, according to court records cited by the Tri-City Herald. Newport took advantage of a gaping loophole in the state's gun laws, found a .40 caliber handgun on Craigslist, according to police. He purchased it in a parking lot—no background check required.
Closing that loophole, which Initiative 594 seeks to do, would have prevented Newport from buying that gun. Of course, he could have tried to steal a gun or obtain a firearm some other way. But at least it wouldn't have been so damn easy—like buying a sofa, for chrissakes.
