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BETTINA HANSEN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Walter Stawicki, center, with sign, talks with, from left, gun owners Brian Barnes, Rob Stratton and Eric Diesch before the gun-control rally Sunday. Stawicki's son, Ian, shot and killed six people last May. Those killed included four at Café Racer, a woman downtown and himself.

BETTINA HANSEN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Jody Wirtz wears an image of her boyfriend, Yancy Noll, a well-liked local wine steward who was gunned down August 31 while driving through the Maple Leaf neighborhood of Seattle.

BETTINA HANSEN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Ralph Fascitelli, president of Washington CeaseFire, a local advocacy group trying to reduce gun violence, takes the stage at Westlake Park for their "StandUP Washington" rally and march Sunday. The group marched down 4th Avenue to the Mural Amphitheater at the Seattle Center where local civic and religious leaders gave speeches in support of banning semi-automatic weapons and strengthening gun control laws.

BETTINA HANSEN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Police escorts lead the march down 4th Avenue from Westlake park.