Her Response..........
Maybe its time for a Concealed Deadly Weapons License and just lump knives, nun-chucks, throwing stars and what ever else is considered a deadly weapon.
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Dear Whitney,
This will be a new session and there is no HB 1006. We are working on some new legislation about knives longer than 3 1/2 inches and I will take into consideration your e-mail. Thanks so much,
Sherry
Representative Sherry Appleton
23rd Leg. District, Position 1
Vice Chair, State Government and Tribal Affairs John L. O'Brien Building, Room 424 P.O. Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0600
(360) 786-7934
Executive Assistant: Donna Bezon
bezon_do@leg.wa.gov
OOPs!!! Just realized it is my bill from this session - after the special session I am a bit tired. Sorry. I sent your suggestions to staff and will see what they say about the legalities. Sorry about that. Thanks for pointing out these flaws in the legislation. I do believe dirks and daggers are a little out of date as terminology - and need to be updated. Most people would call them a knife.
Sherry
Representative Sherry Appleton
23rd Leg. District, Position 1
Vice Chair, State Government and Tribal Affairs John L. O'Brien Building, Room 424 P.O. Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0600
(360) 786-7934
Executive Assistant: Donna Bezon
bezon_do@leg.wa.gov
-----Original Message-----
From: whitney.
Subject: NC: HB 1006
HOUSE INTERNET E-MAIL DELIVERY SERVICE
TO: Representative Sherry Appleton
FROM: Whitney (Non-Constituent)
BILL: 1006 (Against)
SUBJECT: HB 1006
MESSAGE:
Since I carry a pretty large knifes in my hunting and diving gear I am concerned about what the letter of the law says here. I suspect the intent is to "clean up" the legal vernacular. If I have a knife exceeding three and one half inches in my dive bag or in my backpack I could potentially be in some legal trouble depending on the interpretation. I interpret the word "Furtively" to mean a secretive or similar motive.
If this passes, I and every other diver and hunter could have a problem. Unless there is added an exception for people engaging in either activity as evidenced by the presence of other gear associated with the activity (divers would have tanks, mask, fins, suit, etc and hunters would have bow, rifle, etc) then everyone will be at the mercy of any law officer that wants to make it an issue.
Eliminating the terms "dirk" and "dagger", and substituting "knife" may have some unintended consequences. There is more than one "legal expert" that has successfully argued that a knife is not a dirk or dagger. Might open up the legal concealment of both those old weapons.
"fur•tive/ˈfərtiv/Adjective
1. Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.
2. Suggestive of guilty nervousness. "
To avoid being "furtive" one should then just carry the knife openly. Of course then they will fall victim to all the local regulation of knives such as Seattle where you can't carry a knife of ANY length. Pretty much covers most hunting knives and diver's knives that I've ever seen.
This could all be solved if the State added knives to preemption and went back to calling the CPL a "Concealed Weapons License". Can anyone there list the number of cities that "outlaw" knives over 3-1/2 inches and any with "fixed blades" such as Seattle?
Very Respectfully