Yes... "The times they are a changin' "

As a student growing up in public school during the sixties, this song by Bob Dylan comes quickly to mind when I see articles like these from ShiftWA.org today:

State Rep. Jim Walsh (R-Aberdeen) will propose legislation allowing trained K-12 teachers to carry firearms at school. “If an individual school district wanted to let its teachers concealed carry, the law would simply allow the option,” he said. Walsh also proposes adding school resource officers to every school. (Longview Daily News)

and...

State Rep. Matt Shea (R-Spokane Valley) led the 51st State Rally last weekend, saying that the idea to split Washington into two states is not new. Shea’s Liberty State would be formed from all counties east of the Cascades. “Downtown Seattle has had enough of us, too. We get in the way of their socialist plans,” he said. (Sunnyside Daily Sun News)

Who knows how long it will take before either of these issues gain any real momentum, but, since the second item has been tried before and given the current more severe climate of differences between eastern and western Washington, I'd give it a greater chance of generating any real chance of going anywhere. 

After all, it is just news at this point.