Re: “Lawmakers’ inertia on youth gun possession is indefensible” (March 5, Opinion):
Kudos to the editorial board on the subject of Washington state’s insipid legal guidelines that don’t defend the general public from juveniles who threaten malicious habits dedicated with a firearm, with probably deadly penalties.
As described, our legislation principally permits for a five-strikes-you’re-out course of. Mainly, it promotes 4 firearm encounters which can be met with solely a “unhealthy boy/lady” slap on the wrist. Solely on the fifth infraction is there a major, albeit tepid, repercussion. It’s the epitome of hypocrisy for any legislator who claims to be a proponent of gun security to tolerate this established order. Whether or not a juvenile or grownup, a gun inflicts the identical trauma. Penalties must be commensurate to the act.
State Rep. David Hackney launched laws to deal with our flawed authorized surroundings that promotes gun violence. It died with no listening to. We must always encourage him, and his cohorts, to cross significant laws that protects his constituents and all Washingtonians.
Mark Flanery, Auburn
