Umnumzaan in seattle?

[MEJ]

Hey,

So i have a bit of a problem. I had decided to get an umnumzaan this summer but i might wanna go to community college in seattle next year so now im wondering if carrying an umnumzaan in seattle is a bad idea. Would i be okay as long as im descrete?

 

[glistam]

Illegal to carry for EDC. The umnumzaan has a blade length of 3.675". Seattle prohibits carry of any knife with a blade over 3.5" except under certain circumstances.

Text of Seattle Municipal Code (retrieved April 6, 2013)

12A.14.010 Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this chapter:
...
C. "Dangerous knife" means any fixed-blade knife and any other knife having a blade more than three and one-half inches (3 1/2") in length.

12A.14.080 Unlawful use of weapons.
It is unlawful for a person knowingly to:
...
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;

12A.14.100 Exemptions—Dangerous knives.
The proscriptions of Section 12A.14.080 B relating to dangerous knives shall not apply to:
A. A licensed hunter or licensed fisherman actively engaged in hunting and fishing activity including education and travel related thereto; or
B. Any person immediately engaged in an activity related to a lawful occupation which commonly requires the use of such knife, provided such knife is carried unconcealed; provided further that a dangerous knife carried openly in a sheath suspended from the waist of the person is not concealed within the meaning of this subsection;
C. Any person carrying such knife in a secure wrapper or in a tool box while traveling from the place of purchase, from or to a place of repair, or from or to such person's home or place of business, or in moving from one (1) place of abode or business to another, or while in such person's place of abode or fixed place of business.

Source: http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/code1.htm

 

[jimh0220]

I carry a knife with me all the time, even in Seattle. If you aren't flaunting it, or getting in some sort of trouble that would warrant attention from the police, you'd probably be fine. I have been talking to police with a knife in my pocket, clip visible, and was never questioned about it. Seattle has the worst knife laws to decipher, but I think they mainly use them when you're involved in a crime.

 

[glistam]

I carry a knife with me all the time, even in Seattle. If you aren't flaunting it, or getting in some sort of trouble that would warrant attention from the police, you'd probably be fine. I have been talking to police with a knife in my pocket, clip visible, and was never questioned about it. Seattle has the worst knife laws to decipher, but I think they mainly use them when you're involved in a crime.

This is generally the case across the United States in any jurisdiction. I vacillate about how much I want to promote this as sound reasoning though. One the one hand, I have been reading hundreds of cases and case-law about knives for over 10 years, and in 99% of them, the defendant who was charged will illegal carry of a knife (even if wrongly arrested) was engaging in some kind of suspicious or outright criminal conduct to attract the police's attention in the first place. My father and I have carried a small arsenal of blades in our lives and never been questioned. On the other hand, there was that one case (less than 1%) where the defendant was acting completely innocently and still was searched due to a case of mistaken identity. It's a small risk, but a risk nonetheless.

 

[MEJ]

Awesome... Im gettin one.