Is Gun Control Failing Fatally in Washington State?

By Dave Workman

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Two homicides over the weekend in Seattle, Washington—headquarters city of the Northwest’s wealthiest and most active gun control lobbying organization—may not seem like much compared to a weekend in Chicago, but for the Jet City, it may be a sign that gun control efforts over the past few years are failing to live up to expectations.

According to Seattle’s KOMO, the two unrelated slayings bring the total number of homicides this year to 35, but that figure may not be accurate. Ammoland News spoke with the Seattle Police Department and the unofficial count there is 27, placing the city on par with the same time last year. If so, the city could end with around 32 slayings by Dec. 31, unless the pace picks up heading into the holiday season.

And this is where gun control proponents may have some explaining to do.

In 2014, following a $10.2 million campaign financed largely by wealthy Seattle-area elitists with help from billionaire Michael Bloomberg and his Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Washington voters adopted …Read the Rest

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