Socialist Mayor Floats Taking Guns Away From Pimps Instead Of Just Arresting Them For Trafficking

Democratic Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson proposed using “red flag” laws to disarm people involved in sex trafficking in a city neighborhood.

Residents on Aurora Avenue have complained about prostitution in the area and have even set up makeshift barriers, the Seattle Times reported. Wilson and City Attorney Erika Evans announced a prosecutor would be seeking Extreme Risk Protection Orders to deprive pimps and human traffickers of weapons.

“It is a measurable strategy to get guns out of the hands of people who pose extreme risks in our communities,” Evans claimed.

Wilson previously set up concrete barriers to make it difficult for those seeking to patronize prostitutes after residents set up temporary obstacles following 15 shootings over the course of April and May, according to the Seattle Times.

“ commercial sex work is between 12 and 15 years old,” King County senior deputy prosecutor Alexandra Voorhees told the Seattle Times.

Wilson won