Updated 4/22/2002
Washington Crimes and Punishments
RCW 9.41.250
Dangerous weapons -- Penalty.
Every person who:
(1) Manufactures, sells, or disposes of or possesses
any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as
slung shot, sand club, or metal knuckles, or spring
blade knife, or any knife the blade of which is
automatically released by a spring mechanism or other
mechanical device, or any knife having a blade which
opens, or falls, or is ejected into position by the
force of gravity, or by an outward, downward, or
centrifugal thrust or movement;
(2) Furtively carries with intent to conceal any dagger,
dirk, pistol, or other dangerous weapon; or
(3) Uses any contrivance or device for suppressing the
noise of any firearm,
is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under
chapter 9A.20 RCW.
Effective date -- 1994
RCW 9.41.270
Weapons apparently capable of producing bodily harm --
Unlawful carrying or handling -- Penalty -- Exceptions.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to carry, exhibit,
display, or draw any firearm, dagger, sword, knife or other
cutting or stabbing instrument, club, or any other weapon
apparently capable of producing bodily harm, in a manner,
under circumstances, and at a time and place that either
manifests an intent to intimidate another or that warrants
alarm for the safety of other persons.
(2) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (1)
above shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. If any person
is convicted of a violation of subsection (1) of this section,
the person shall lose his or her concealed pistol license,
if any. The court shall send notice of the revocation to the
department of licensing, and the city, town, or county which
issued the license.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to or affect
the following:
(a) Any act committed by a person while in his or her place of
abode or fixed place of business;
(b) Any person who by virtue of his or her office or public
employment is vested by law with a duty to preserve public
safety, maintain public order, or to make arrests for offenses,
while in the performance of such duty;
(c) Any person acting for the purpose of protecting himself or
herself against the use of presently threatened unlawful force
by another, or for the purpose of protecting another against the
use of such unlawful force by a third person;
(d) Any person making or assisting in making a lawful arrest for
the commission of a felony; or
(e) Any person engaged in military activities sponsored by the
federal or state governments.
Effective date -- 1994
http://www.knife-expert.com
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Seattle Municipal Code
Information retrieved February 7, 2001
http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~scripts/nph-brs.exe?s1=&s2=knife&S3=&Sect4=AND&l=20&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect3=PLURON&Sect5=CODE1&d=CODE&p=1&u=/~public/code1.htm&r=5&Sect6=HITOFF&f=L3;1;12A.14.010.HEAD.
SMC 12A.14.010 Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this chapter:
A. "Dangerous knife" means any fixed-blade knife and any other
knife having a blade more than three and one-half inches (31/2")
in length.
B. "Fixed-blade knife" means any knife, regardless of blade
length, with a blade which is permanently open and does not fold,
retract or slide into the handle of the knife, and includes any
dagger, sword, bayonet, bolo knife, hatchet, axe, straight-edged
razor, or razor blade not in a package, dispenser or shaving
appliance.
C. "Firearm" means a weapon or device from which a projectile
may be fired by an explosive such as gunpowder.
D. "Personal protection spray device" means a commercially
available dispensing device designed and intended for use in
self-defense and containing a nonlethal sternutator or lacrimator
agent, including but not limited to:
1. Tear gas, the active ingredient of which is either
chloracetophenone (CN) or O-chlorobenzylidene malonotrile (CS);
or
2. Other agent commonly known as mace, pepper mace, or pepper
gas.
E. "Switchblade knife" means any knife having a blade that
opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring
mechanism, or other device, or a blade that opens, falls or is
ejected into position by force of gravity or by an outward,
downward, or centrifugal thrust or movement.
(Ord. 117157 Section 2, 1994: Ord. 116872 Section 11, 1993: Ord.
113547 Section 1, 1987: Ord. 112103 Section 1, 1985:
Ord. 110785 Section 1, 1982: Ord. 110462 Section 1, 1982: Ord.
103472 Section 1, 1974: Ord. 102843 Section 12A.17.010 , 1973.)
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This prohibits the carry of "dangerous knives.
http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~scripts/nph-brs.exe?s1=&s2=knife&S3=&Sect4=AND&l=20&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect3=PLURON&Sect5=CODE1&d=CODE&p=1&u=/~public/code1.htm&r=5&Sect6=HITOFF&f=L3;1;12A.14.080.HEAD.
SMC 12A.14.080 Unlawful use of weapons.
It is unlawful for a person knowingly to:
A. Sell, manufacture, purchase, possess or carry any blackjack,
sand-club, metal knuckles, switchblade knife, chako sticks, or
throwing stars; or
B. Carry concealed or unconcealed on his or her person any
dangerous knife, or carry concealed on his or her person any
deadly weapon other than a firearm; or
C. Possess a firearm in any stadium or convention center
operated by a city, county or other municipality, except that
such restriction shall not apply to:
1. Any pistol in the possession of a person licensed under
RCW 9.41.070 or exempt from the licensing requirement by
RCW 9.41.060, or
2. Any showing, demonstration or lecture involving the
exhibition of firearms.
D. Sell or give away to any person under eighteen (18) years of
age any dangerous knife or deadly weapon other than a firearm, or
for any person under eighteen (18) years of age to purchase any
dangerous knife or deadly weapon other than a firearm, or for any
person under eighteen (18) years of age to possess any dangerous
knife or deadly weapon other than a firearm except when under the
direct supervision of an adult.
(Ord. 117157 Section 5, 1994: Ord. 116872 Section 14, 1993:
Ord. 113547 Section 3, 1987: Ord. 110785 Section 2, 1982:
Ord. 110462 Section 2, 1982: Ord. 110179 Section 2, 1981:
Ord. 109674 Section 12, 1981: Ord. 108814 Section 3, 1980:
Ord. 102843 Section 12A.17.140 , 1973.)
Subsection B regulating the carrying of certain knives is
a reasonable restriction of the right to bear arms.
Seattle v. Riggins, 63 Wn.Ap.313, 818 P.2d 1100 (1991).
A citation as "carrying a concealed weapon" with the code
section number is sufficient to charge a violation of
SMC 12A.14.080 B. Seattle v. Hall, 60 Wn.App. 645, 806 P.2d 1246 (1991).
The prohibition of knowing possessing of chako sticks does
not conflict with state law and is not preempted by the
state Juvenile Justice Act. State v. Rabon, 45 Wn.App. 832, 727 P.2d 995 (1986).
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