The school is roughly 50 miles north of Seattle near a large Indian Reservation.
The perp was a well liked teenage Indian boy who used his Father's .40 caliber handgun.
He texted all his friends to meet him for lunch, then walked in from behind them and opened fire.
Head shots on all 5 friends, I think, 1 dead, 3 critical, one shot in the jaw, so, we are talking permanent brain damage and facial disfigurement.
The perp then killed himself.
I haven't seen polls on the gun initiatives, but this certainly can't help the pro-gun vote.
“...who used his Father’s .40 caliber handgun.”
Under the new gun law, I am guessing that would somehow be considered an illegal “transfer”, and the father would also have a felony.
Not sure on the entire story of this young boy (14 years old), but he was a hunter, and parents had recently bought him a rifle. All of his friends and others say he was a good kid (freshman homecoming king), good grades, etc.
When I was 14 (many years ago) I had access to my guns and my family’s guns all the time. While I did plot revenge on some of my school enemies - never once did I consider using a gun. Homemade bombs, snares in the woods, pits with sharpened stakes - yes. But never considered a gun. Never did make any bombs (well, not for revenge anyways), or the other things. But I did think them out!!