BILL REQ. #:  S-1861.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/15/07.   

     AN ACT Relating to permissible weaponry for on-duty law enforcement officers; and amending RCW 9.41.250.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 9.41.250 and 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 424 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Every person who:
     (((1))) (a) 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))) (b) Furtively carries with intent to conceal any dagger, dirk, pistol, or other dangerous weapon; or
     (((3))) (c) Uses any contrivance or device for suppressing the noise of any firearm,
is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.
     (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to any law enforcement officer who, in the discharge of official duty, carries a spring blade knife. Law enforcement officers may not be prosecuted for possession of a spring blade knife when the officer is merely transporting the knife to and from the location where it is stored when the officer is not on official duty.