It doesn’t say that at all. It says it’s illegal for him to borrow his neighbor’s rifle. That’s even worse.
I thought background checks were used to PURCHASE a firearm. Do they actually specify if you are legal and authorized to fire a particular weapon? Or did the author mis-state?
In Washington state, they passed Universal Background Checks.
No transfers without a background check.
They did not do a background check in this case.
That is illegal in Washington State.