According to firearmchronicles
State Rep. Tana Senn filed a bill to ban firearms at the capitol just before this year’s deadline for new legislation, claiming that the recent civic engagement on the part of gun owners amounted to “intimidation” of her and other supporters of gun control. “They were all over the building and they were, frankly, intimidating people whether they meant to or not, that was definitely the reaction,” Senn said. “People were scared.” Legislative staff were notified of the demonstration and the House authorized staff who were made uncomfortable to take leave from work or work from home, according to an email shared with the Northwest News Network.
Senn said she was especially concerned because school children were forced to remain in the House galleries while the armed demonstrators were in the Capitol. “We teach our kids all the time what to do if there’s an active shooter and then they come to the state Capitol and they see people with these large weapons, how are they supposed to respond,” Senn said.