Yakima’s KIMA TV reports on our press tour’s stop in Yakima:

A five-city campaign tour by Alliance for Gun Responsibility made a stop in Yakima Tuesday afternoon.

The group was at the downtown Moneytree in support of Initiative 1491, which would temporarily stop a person’s access to firearms if there’s documented evidence of violence.

“1491 is all about empowering families to prevent tragedies before they happen,” said YES on Initiative 1491 campaign manager Stephanie Ervin.

Tragedies that hit close to home for Marilyn Balcerak, who lost her son and daughter in a murder-suicide.

“There was nothing I could do to keep him from buying a gun,” said Balcerak of her son. “He killed himself and his step-sister and I was powerless to stop it.”

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