SAFE and SANE SKAGIT
A Chapter Affiliate of Alliance for Gun Responsibility in Washington State
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2024 Legislative Session Roundup
Click here to see the accomplishments and things to look for soon
The Revisionist History podcast host discusses America's firearms problem - and reasons to be optimistic about it - with a trauma surgeon and an activist.
Acclaimed author Malcolm Gladwell explores all things overlooked and misunderstood in his podcast, Revisionist History. He recently produced a six-part series about what we get wrong about gun violence in America.
As part of the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival in early May, Gladwell revisited that conversation with Dr. Babak Sarani, a trauma surgeon from Washington, D.C., and David Hogg, co-founder of March for Our Lives. Gladwell asked them, based on their individual expertise, why so many people are dying from gunshots in the U.S. and how we might prevent it.
In this episode of the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival podcast, the three discuss gun-violence data, from the number of suicides by firearm to the number of gunshots per victim. They explore the impact of gun-control measures such as red-flag laws, the fraught politics around guns and the role of the Supreme Court. Hogg and Sarani also share what immediate changes each believe could truly make a difference.
This conversation was recorded on May 4, 2024.
To listen to the discussion click here
To listen to the original six-part podcast click here and select Season 8 then scroll down to the series
SaSS INTERVIEW ON KSVR's 'SKAGIT TALKS
For a quickie review of SaSS and some gun legislation, listen to Diane ably addressing both during her 15 minute interview January 24 on KSVR. It went so fast, she'll be back at the end of the 2024 legislative session to review what happened. Thank you Diane!
To listen go to https://archive.ksvr.org/ and click on the drop down menu labeled 'All Shows'; select 'Skagit Talks - Wednesday', then select 'Wednesday, January 24, 2024 5:30 pm'.
Jon Stewart on America's Gun Problem
A YouTube video from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Who We Are
Safe and Sane Skagit is a grass roots organization of local people who have a concern about gun violence in our communities. We are searching for and acting on ways to impact the legislative and cultural processes in order to bring more safety and sanity to firearm use and availability.
Should we be concerned about Gun Violence in Skagit County?
Here's some of the events that have happened HERE:
9/2024 - Man shot in drive-by shooting 30th and College Way in Mount Vernon
8/2024 - 35 YO man shot on 15000 block of Memorial Hwy
8/2024 - 3 shot and house burned near Concrete
7/2024 - 34 YO Bellingham man shoots Blaine woman South of Anacortes
6/2024 - Two men, 18 & 24 YO, were each hit by gunfire several times in a drive-by shooting in Mount Vernon
4/2024 - 42 YO shoots, kills 28 year old during altercation in Mount Vernon
4/2023 - Man shot in West Mount Vernon
3/2023 - Man and Woman shot in car near Riverside Dr. in Mount Vernon
1/2023 - Drive-by shooting of two teens on Division St. in Mount Vernon
7/2022 - Man shot in apartment in Burlington
7/2022 - Five shot inside Mount Vernon Walmart
2/2022 - Officer involved shooting in Sedro Woolley
2021 - Woman shot near Big Lake over a political sign
5/2021 - Gang shooting in Burlington on the 17th and another on the 21st
4/2017 - 16 year old girl shot in Burlington
2/2017 - 2 shootings in Sedro Woolley, one a suicide
12/2016 - Officer shot at LaVenture and Fir streets, blinded
10/2016 - Man shot on Puget street in Sedro Woolly
9/2016 - Cascade Mall shooting - five dead
3/2015 - Taxi Driver murdered in Mount Vernon
9/2008- Shooting spree leaves 6 dead and 2 injured
The Gun Violence Archive is an online archive of gun violence incidents collected from over 7,500 law enforcement, media, government and commercial sources daily in an effort to provide near-real time data about the results of gun violence. GVA is an independent data collection and research group with no affiliation with any advocacy organization. - Check out their website by clicking here.