On Friday, November 14, 2014 2:32:05 AM UTC-5, jps wrote:

In Washington, we just passed a referendum that requires all gun
buyers to go through a background check, gun show or private sale.

It will prevent people ignoring the law when they see a few idiots
prosecuted for selling a gun illegally, either through straw purchase
or ignoring the background check.

Then we'd better pass a law against murder and prosecute a few people that do it anyway. That will prevent people from ignoring that law, right?

Do you actually think this stuff through before you write it?