Mass Shootings in Washington

We know the places forever marred by gun violence: Sandy Hook, Columbine, Buffalo, Aurora, Pulse, Parkland, Las Vegas, Uvalde. The victims were murdered at a grocery store, a music festival, a movie theater, a nightclub, school.

Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s largest gun violence prevention organization, has been keeping a grim count of mass shootings like these—incidents in which four or more people are shot and killed, not including the shooter—since 2009. It’s an effort to remind the public that this is far too commonplace and can happen anywhere.

Our state has recently passed a slate of legislation aimed at preventing gun violence, including background checks on all gun sales and an extreme risk

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