WA was a state that didn't require background checks on private sales, but not for some years now.
Now, to comply with the law, both the seller, and the buyer, AND the gun have to go to an FFL dealer (during their business hours) and have the dealer run the background check. The law was kind enough to set a cap on what the dealer could charge though...
The law that orders this is horribly vague about what is, and isn't a covered "transfer", and is under challenge in court, but between the usual pace of such cases, and a couple years of near court shutdown of the "minor stuff" due to covid, it will probably be many more years before we get a decision of any kind.
In the meantime, no one is enforcing that law, (other than perhaps the King County Sherrif) and most people are voluntarily complying.
Previous to that law, private sellers only had to be reasonably sure they weren't selling to a prohibited person, and if they did, that was on them.
as to this,
.... every firearm I've purchased since 1970 ... the year I purchased my first gun has come with a background check ... at gun shows , at dealers store and at Cabela's in 2020 ... every purchase required a background check !!!
I don't know where you lived, were checks in the 70s a requirement of your state??
There was no Federal background check requirement until the Brady Bill was passed, which applies ONLY to purchases from FFL dealers. Each state has their own regulations about purchases between private individuals, and personally I've bought, sold, or traded, literally hundreds of guns between my self and private parties since the early 70s. I've also bought quite a few from FFL dealers who began running the instant check system when it went into effect in 98.
I don't fear any background check, I just detest the now mandated inconvenience and cost.
What is this fake news that anyone can buy a gun without a background check
...it bogus ...
Its not bogus, its just incomplete. There is a black market in firearms. Anyone CAN buy a gun without a background check, if they're willing to break the law. Do note how leaving that part out changes a LOT. Not telling the whole truth is what is "bogus"....