Comments | stolen_tea: Seattle Municipal Code, and Weapons

stolen_tea

Seattle Municipal Code, and Weapons

Apr 28, 2013 14:55

Interesting legal trivia that I stumbled on:

Title 12A CRIMINAL CODE, Chapter 12A.14 WEAPONS CONTROL

Chapter 12A.14 - WEAPONS CONTROLThe short version ( Read more... )

laws, weapons, seattle

Comments 6

thewronghands April 29 2013, 07:45:38 UTC

Heh. This is because I said that I wasn't going the big fixed blade route because it was basically illegal here, isn't it? [grin] You see what I mean.

stolen_tea April 30 2013, 02:32:46 UTC

Well, it was mostly something I randomly stumbled into from another thing, and then I got interested because it was a puzzle.

But yes, I admit it, I was very disappointed to hear that you couldn't take a katana with you on SAR. :)

anonymous April 29 2013, 21:52:11 UTC

Most of your short version is flatly incorrect. :-/ You can legally carry a box cutter (nothing in the laws you reference apply to box cutters), the child and anyone else can legally use a knife for making dinner, and you can have throwing stars and whatnot in your abode without issue. You're right that you can't sell or gift a minor with fixed-blade knives, but the rest of your short version is contradicted by the laws you reference ( ... )

zanfur April 29 2013, 21:52:41 UTC

Whoops, wasn't logged in. That was me.

stolen_tea April 30 2013, 03:25:17 UTC

Regarding the municipal code issue, thank you! That is a fascinating wrinkle that I was completely unaware of! Back in Virginia, where I'm from, cities are basically "separate but equal" to counties. Separate, because land inside the city is not considered part of the county, and in particular is not part of the county tax base. And "equal" because they have roughly the same status in the state legislature, although because there are a lot more counties than cities, enough county-favoring stuff happens that I feel I can appropriately the phrase "separate but equal ( ... )

zanfur April 30 2013, 17:42:37 UTC

Ah, you caught me -- I typically only consider criminal offenses as illegal. But, I'm pretty sure Seattle Municipal Code isn't law in this state, as per state law. The places where SMC says "thus and such is unlawful" are interpretations of the RCW, not instantiating new law, which is why they have case law references. That's mostly just semantics, though -- the main point is that RCW and SMC are *not* on the same footing ( ... )