Ceasefire is part of the problem. They are unorganized, lack leadership, and cannot match the fundraising of the NRA.

My sense with Ceasefire is that it does its best, but has misappropriated its priorities towards legislative action, and away from creating a grassroots effort that can pressure legislators from within their own constituencies.

I'd like to see some people with a background in community organizing begin to work on this issue, and stop looking at the legislature as the place to fight this battle. They need money (likely plentiful in Seattle if the right messaging and organizing is applied), they need support outside of Seattle (doable in Snohomish and Pierce counties, maybe in Spokane and Island?) and they need to talk to interest groups and communities most affected by gun legislation: mothers, clergy, the black and hispanic communities immediately spring to mind.

@8, it's not true that the public doesn't support it. Without having the Harborview study in front of me, I can't quote you the numbers, but from what I recall when you get down to specific proposals for ways to restrict guns (closing the gun show loophole, waiting periods to purchase guns, etc) the public tends to support them with a wide margin.

The problem is that no organized pressure gets exerted on lawmakers, and the gun control proponents don't have a way of funneling money to gun control candidates in the way that the NRA can to pro-gun candidates. It's really a problem of organizing a movement, not of having no support for that movement amongst the people.