The whole state, conservatives and liberals alike are vulnerable to their own emotions. And that can over-ride logic when it comes to voting on an initiative like 594. Everyone wants to reduce gun violence. And background checks prevent felons and mentally disturbed people who are in the database from purchasing guns via any seller who is required to perform background checks. It all seems like it should work, so long as you don't consider that the overwhelming preponderance of gun acquisitions by felons and the mentally disturbed is not through sellers who perform background checks. And having 594 as law won't change that outcome one bit.

But at the emotional level, it seems like a win. After all, the proponents beat the NRA! Only time will show that it has no effect on reducing gun violence. It's possible that reducing gun violence wasn't actually the goal of the proponents, but that's a different story.

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