Municipal government and school officials in Seattle, Washington are talking gun control and a renewed effort to repeal the state’s 37-year-old preemption statute, according to a report in the Seattle Times, in response to a fatal school shooting earlier in the week. According to the newspaper, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell “called for the state to […]
Seattle Student Killed; Mayor, Officials Lament ‘Gun Problem’
UPDATED 11/22 @11:30 a.m. — Hours after a student at Seattle’s Ingraham High School was fatally shot in a school hallway, allegedly by another teen who was later arrested on a Metro bus, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell held a press conference during which he suggested Washington’s preemption law was somehow at fault. He was joined […]
Northwest Body Counts Suggest Time for Change on Gun Control Is Here
It is familiar political ground in the Pacific Northwest, with rising homicide numbers providing strong evidence that gun controls in Washington have been an abject failure. Seattle has recorded its 52nd homicide, and with two full months remaining in the year, there is no doubt the number will eventually exceed the 53 recorded two years […]
Northwest ‘Progress’ Shows Crime Up in Liberal-run Seattle, Portland
Two bastions of far-left liberal politics—Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington—may be reaping a bitter harvest of what “progressive” policies have provided, with violent crime up, police numbers down and public morale in a slump that even a surprise season-opener victory for the Seattle Seahawks probably can’t overcome. According to Fox News, “Portland residents fear being […]
Seattle Violence Spike Gets National Attention; Is There A ‘Ripple Effect?’
A report at Fox News showing the consequences of defunding the police in a major West Coast city may not be going down well with the liberal establishment, but recent history shows how Seattle, Washington has fared from what critics see as a disastrous political agenda that may now be having a ripple effect with […]
Police Blotter Entry Reveals Justice Problem in Seattle
An alarming entry in the Seattle Police Blotter, and subsequent court action regarding one of the suspects involved in two separate cases, underscores the problem with rising crime in the Jet City, and what isn’t being done to curb it. The police report says eight people were arrested Aug. 4 in a narcotics operation and […]
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