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Monday, July 30, 2007

Let's have a special session and pass gun control

Since House Republicans in Washington insist on trying make to political gains from horrific crimes by calling for a special session seemingly every ten minutes (or at least every summer, it seems,) Democrats should really just call a special session and pass gun control in light of this. From the P-I:
One man was wounded several times in the leg and four suspects were arrested Monday afternoon in a shooting that caused major disruption to downtown rush-hour traffic.

The shooting occurred at the corner of Third Avenue and Pine Street just after 4:30 p.m., blocking access to the busy bus stop at the Macy's Third Avenue entrance. Third Avenue was closed for several blocks during the investigation, and Second Avenue traffic was reduced to one lane.

The incident and ongoing investigation had downtown city streets snarled with backups. Taxicabs tried to skirt the standstills by inching into parking strips and buses were halted on Third Avenue, lined up for blocks like sticks against a logjam.
The Washington state GOP: mighty selective about the kinds of crimes they focus on.

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