The Seattle Times reports

A group of gun-violence victims delivered a letter to state Senate leaders Friday, complaining they were disrespected at a committee hearing last week.

The eight victims, a mix of survivors and family members of people who died in shootings, wrote that the structure of a Senate Law & Justice Committee hearing on gun-sale background checks “allowed some participants to not only perpetuate myths about background checks, but demean our input and perspective as victims and survivors.”

The letter, addressed to Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, D-Medina, and committee chairman Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, specifically mentioned the behavior of Auburn GOP senator Pam Roach and National Rifle Association lobbyist Brian Judy.

It accused Roach of suggesting female background-check supporters were trying to appear “helpless” to gain support, and Judy of joking about murder.

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