May 7, 2015 In the News

KING5: Judge Tosses Challenge to Expanded Gun Background Checks

KING5 looks at the dismissal of the Gun Lobby’s lawsuit to overturn Initiative 594:

“A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging parts of Washington state’s new law expanding background checks on gun transfers.

U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle in Tacoma ruled Thursday that opponents of the law didn’t have standing to challenge the parts of Initiative 594 that required background checks for noncommercial gun transfers. The judge said they had not suffered any injury or shown that they are at risk of being prosecuted . . . “

Watch the story here.