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I don't think it will have any long term affect. Someone (gangsters most likely) shot at the Sunnyside City Hall a few months ago. It made the paper that one day (six sentences,) and really wasn't spoken of again.
As for the security measures, that's like putting metal detectors at Columbine High School- useless, but it's something they can tell the press.
Since (from what I know) the efforts in Spokane are of a legal nature, and not subject to media ploys, this shouldn't do anything at all, unless they manage to get the RCW changed.
If it comes down to it, just OC in the park with a copy of the law in your pocket, and call the PD just to make sure they know you're there.