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So-called "ghost guns" like the one pictured at a 2022 White House event got the name because the build-it-yourself gun kits have no serial numbers stamped on the assembled firearm, so the guns can't be traced if found at a crime scene. Washington state law already restricts these firearms, but Rep. Osman Salahuddin (D-Redmond) wants to expand those restrictions to close what he calls loopholes in state law.
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Plus, land banks get continued support from affordable housing advocates in Washington. And the state's residents might vote on trans athletes in girls' sports this November.
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, president of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, which endorsed an economic blackout in protest of ICE's actions.
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