Wow!!! Lovely

Thank you so much for this detailed answer, it helps a lot! I've had a temporary registration on the vehicle in WA since last year and have been renewing it every other month, I failed to mention that. I really appreciate your information!

What a thought that is 😆.Imagine if scientists were like "but we had bats before and they didn't spread a global virus like this before" omg what do we do 😥. Then sit on their hands and go about their business while the people keep dropping like flies from a problem they can fix. Its a problem for now, we fix it now because its happenning now and we have the tools to fix it and no, wishful thinking is not a tool that will fix anything.

There is no access to automatic weapons in the USA. Unless you can afford a $30-200k NFA pre-80s machine gun, which none of these shootings are committed with.

Far more people own guns now, so access to automatic weapons is easier and studies show that mass shootings spread in the same pattern as infectious diseases, similar to teen suicides. I imagine this has something to do with how human brains and behaviors are structured. We are social animals and built to respond to behaviors of those around us. Now a days that is spread by social media and the news. I also agree that bullying behaviors in schools are inadequately managed. Teachers, especially on playgrounds, bathrooms and halls are tolerated leading to students having to be violent to protect themselves.

It's not gauche at all, I think it is very nicely done.

In WA-8 district, the other competitive district, the D:R ratio from the primary to general doesn't change much. This indicates that people that vote R in the primary continue and vote R in the general. In this case Larkin's primary votes with many R's running increased from 34,684 to 139,766 in the general where he is the only R running.

In the WA-8 Primary there were 101,201 D votes and 100,293 R votes. Each increases ~50% (60% D/ 40% R) in the general: D 159,131, R 139,766.

The WA-3 and WA-8 had similar total turnouts in the Primary and General... from 200K to 300K:

• WA-3 Primary 220K
• WA-8 Primary 204K
• WA-3 General 304K
• WA-8 General 299K

Truly unreal results.

I think a more effective approach would be to take a hard look at

1. Parenting
2. Mental Health

It's definitely a first world problem, which means we can't look to the past for answers. We need to figure this out on our own.

Agreed, we likely won't be able to stop violence. But we can reduce the occurrence which are this point is a major step forward considering the frequency of mass shootings.

Right but people had guns before and they didn’t happen like this

This is difficult to understand considering how improbable it was.

In the primary held in August this district had 73,060 Dem votes and 142,550 Republican votes. Of those Perez got almost all the Dem vots at 68,190. Kent got 50,197, out going Butler got 49,001, and a third candidate got 35,219. Key thing to note is that the R total turnout was 142K vs 73K D turnout... at 2:1 ratio. Dems ran one candidate and turnoout was overwhelmingly supported R's but was largely split 3 ways.

Then the general election happens 3 months later and it's a complete flip. Perez gets 153,169, doubling hers and dems turnout in the primary. Kent gets barely gets more than the total R turnout in the primary increasing from 142K to 149K.

So what happened. Did R voters in the primary vote D in the general, or did D's not vote in the primary and showup 2X in the general? When has this EVER happened to this large of extent?

It was only 3 months? Fivethirtyeight had it 98% chance win for Kent. I didn't hear of any campaigning for Perez (yes, I'm in the district), but the car shop owner wins. Stunningly improbable turn of events.

North fork county road is fun

Thank you!! I’ve never yet been to Washington but it’s one of my very favorite places to paint! Your state is simply stunning!!

if u paid a use tax or sales tax on the vehicle in the state u purchased the vehicle bring that document to the DOL and that will be applied against te WA tax. also if the vehicle has any damage to it get an estimate from a body shop for the repairs. bring that estimate with you as well as that figure will be deducted from the fair market value of the vehicle.

Its like a virus of sorts and this is a spike in an infected region... What a mess made messier by weak leaders and distracted parents

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In places where you can't own guns, you see a lot less shootings, but you still see them.

There's also an increase in other forms of violence, like stabbings and vehicular homicides.

Bad people will always find a way to hurt people.

This is beautiful. I’m a Washington native this is something I would have hanging in my house :) great job!

But it would reduce it greatly, once it's reduced we can pivot from prevention to curing the underlying issue which is ultimately mental health.

Even a full ban on guns wouldn't solve it.

Criminals don't follow laws.

The first one happened and instead of facing facts people rallied for more guns, because you know, that makes everyone safer. Ask yourself, do you feel safe in high school in america? Heck any school really. There's been mass shootings of kids from kindergarten to college and nothing has changed.

Thank you u/boring_wayfarer for letting me paint your gorgeous photo!

I remember the shooting at Frontier Middle School in Moses Lake when I was a kid. I was pretty young back then, but it was still pretty shocking. It's incredible how so many of us are introduced to the concept of mass shootings at such a young age.

This was 20 years ago, so I would double check. When I was applying for colleges, I could choose current state I was living in or state my dad was a residence of in order to receive in-state tuition. I ended up attending college in the current state and no issues with meeting residence status. The college was a former military college so totally possibly they could have had different requirements. Dad was still active duty and living in the same state while official residence was in another state.

Another path that’s much harder - I had friends that declared themselves independent. Paid first year of college as out of state and established residency that first year. Then years 2-4 were in state. It makes the loans much more difficult to obtain though.

UW financial or admissions officer can gear you to the right person to ask your questions.

Just for reference: https://dor.wa.gov/forms-publications/publications-subject/tax-topics/vehicles-brought-washington-out-state