The given source proposes initiative measure No.594 regarding background checks for sales and transfer of guns. Initiative measure No.594 consists of three main part with its subparts. It includes: explanatory statement proclaiming the current law regarding gun distribution and its foreseen consequences that will apply to the current law if the measure is approved; fiscal impact statement including general assumptions, state revenue assumptions, state revenues, state expenditure assumptions, state expenditures, local government revenue assumptions, local government revenues, local government expenditure assumptions, local government expenditures; arguments against and arguments for measure No.594 coming into force. The main controversy of the document is a wobbly balance between a …show more content…
The issue of the controversy is that guns possess danger to people and certain measures must be taken in order to lower gun crime cases. The document contrasts implicitly two situation: one is current and one is predicted regarding the new law background checks for sales and transfers of guns. It informs us about laws changes, money flow, arguments against and for. The paper is a report with argumentative hues which are presented in terms of explanatory statement, fiscal impact statement and arguments with pros and cons that all are aimed at voters debate. Explanatory statements has two sections: The Law as it Presently Exists and The Effect of the Proposed Measure, if Approved. The first one sheds the light onto the current law and explains all the details of the current law. For instance, “explanatory statements claim that both state and federal laws require that firearms sellers have to conduct background checks of buyers before selling firearms in order to find out whether the buyer can legally possess a firearm. Also, the sale must comply with federal law. The sale must also be