King County Prosecutor Leesa Manion is pushing to tighten Washington’s juvenile gun laws amid fallout from a gang-related mass shooting at the Bite of Seattle last month.
Manion told “The Gee and Ursula Show” that her office wants to reduce the number of convictions needed before a juvenile is eligible for a sentence greater than 30 days.
“It is five convictions of unlawful possession of a firearm before they are eligible for a sentence greater than 30 days of detention at our local detention facility,” Manion said. “And so we are working with lawmakers in hopes of changing that to the third conviction, because we are trying to provide interventions and appropriate accountability earlier in time.”…