Texts of public officials are public records and must be retained for at least two years. Knowingly destroying them before then is a felony under state law.
According to CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, the report provides ample evidence that gun control laws adopted over the past eight years have been disastrous failures.
Eighty-eight people were fatally shot and 372 were wounded by gunfire in King County last year, surpassing 2020’s record high of 69 firearm-related homicides and 268 shooting injuries that were largely attributed to the stressors of the pandemic.