One, no one's talking about nationwide trends except for people who are trying to turn the debate into some kind of national thing when it isn't.

Then why do you guys keep blaming Biden?

If you want to talk Seattle, talk Seattle. Trash your mayor or governor. LM clearly blamed Biden for the imagined surge in crime, and BHM piled-on with nationwide store closures. You shifted to local on your own. Which then leads to confusion (obviously).

Also, as noted, Seattle crime rates are a lot lower than -for example- Alabama, per the statistics linked earlier. I get that it's never fun to have crime in your vicinity. I won't say that you shouldn't be concerned because I don't live where you live. But the data don't support your contention of an urban "hellscape".

Don't know enough about WA politics and policies to comment much. However, as a general principle, I do not support the police (in any locality) obtaining military-grade weapons. Of course, I also don't support the public obtaining such weapons.