Guns

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With A Growing Membership Since Trump, Black Gun Group Considers Getting Political

The African American Gun Association is at a crossroads, trying to decide whether to stay a community-oriented organization or get into the political fray.

20 years behind bars, now helping youth stay out of prison

In 1999, Andrea Altheimer of Seattle was sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison. She was convicted for shooting and wounding her ex-boyfriend after she found him with another woman. But this year the King County Prosecutor’s office concluded that her sentence was excessive, and there were grounds to cut it in half. She was released in March from the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor.

SoundQs

Why can you hear gunshots at this high school?

Issaquah High School is like hundreds of other suburban schools around the country. But unlike most of those schools, the campus rings with the sound of gunshots.

How long did it take for paramedics to treat Seattle shooting victims?

Witnesses to a shooting rampage in Seattle say they were frustrated at how long it took for paramedics to reach victims.

KUOW Newsroom

Bump stocks will soon be banned. What about homemade ones?

Ahead of a federal ban, Washington is buying back bump stocks. Just not all of them.