From Christine Clarridge of The Seattle Times:

Marilyn Balcerak is convinced that had she been able to file for a court order to prevent her 23-year-old son — who was autistic, depressed and increasingly violent — from obtaining a gun, he and his stepsister would be alive today.

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“My son, James, should never have been able to buy a gun,” said Balcerak. “I knew James better than anyone. I should have been able to keep him from getting a gun in his condition,” she said.

Balcerak and her partner, Matt Smith, were among an array of speakers at a news conference Thursday at Seattle Town Hall announcing an effort by the Alliance for Gun Responsibility to place an initiative on the state ballot this fall creating a new type of protection order.

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