In a guest column, Trese Todd writes:

As a domestic violence survivor, community volunteer and an activist working for over 10 years to promote violence-prevention efforts and victim support services, I’m all too aware of how a gun in the hands of a domestic abuser dramatically increases the risk of fatality.

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Here in Washington, we have a real chance to help reduce these terrible cases by voting “yes” on Initiative 594, the common-sense initiative to close the background check loophole that allows domestic abusers and other dangerous people to evade a background check and obtain guns with no questions asked.

Read the full column here.