State v. CQ

979 P.2d 473 (1999)

96 Wash.App. 273

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

[C.Q.], B.D. 10-06-79, Appellant.[1]

No. 42252-9-I.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 28, 1999.

David B. Koch, Nielsen Broman & Associates, Seattle, for Appellant.

Ellen O'Neill-Stephens, King County Prosecuting Attys. Office, Juvenile Section, for Respondent.

GROSSE, J.

A starter's pistol having no bore through its barrel, and thus capable only of discharging blank cartridges, is not a firearm nor is it a dangerous weapon as that term is defined by the Legislature. The definitional statute in question, RCW 9.41.280,…