Her angry older brother shot her with a 30-30 rifle when she was 8. One shell went through her arm and leg because she was crouching. She spent two years in and out of hospitals, had three reconstructive surgeries and still wears a brace on her right leg.
After 2012’s Sandy Hook mass shooting, which killed 26 including 20 elementary school kids, “I felt I had to do something to stop this epidemic,” she said. But Hjelmseth is seeking to balance gun safety with gun rights: “I still hope we can come together.”
Also speaking in favor of HB 1903 was Betty Taylor of Federal Way, whose grandson Ezra was
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