Given the average Seatle-ite's gun control views I'd say these critters are here to stay.
Regardless of the average Seattle-ite's gun control 'views', Washington has better gun law than most states I've ever compared, including Texas. We've been a shall issue Concealed Carry state since before it was fashionable, with a healthy population of hunters. I'm the first to admit there's a lot of liberalism in Seattle, but we don't deserve a bad rap about guns.