With the support of a Seattle-based, billionaire-backed gun prohibition lobbying group, Washington’s Democrat King County Executive Dow Constantine has announced the launch of a “Regional Office of Gun Violence Prevention,” and has earmarked $13.5 million to set it up.
Constantine, who has been endorsed by a gun control group in the past for election, made the announcement during a press event Oct. 17. According to KCPQ, the local Fox News affiliate, Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall—a Constantine appointee—“highlighted alarming gun violence statistics throughout the region.”
“Data collected by King County shows the numbers are up across the board. Shot fired incidents increased 17%. The number of shooting victims jumped 55%. Most shockingly, the number of fatal shooting victims has skyrocketed, up 76%,” KCPQ reported.
Ammoland News has covered the steady increase of gun-related violence in Washington State, especially in King County and Seattle, in past reports. While the numbers are not staggering compared to the homicide statistics from places such as Chicago or Baltimore, for the Pacific Northwest they are pretty grim.
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