City of Seattle v. Evans

¶1 On this discretionary review of Wayne Evans’s conviction for unlawful use of weapons, we must decide the constitutionality of Seattle Municiple Code 12A.14.080 under both article I, section 24 of the Washington State Constitution and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Evans contends that Seattle’s prohibition on carrying a fixed-blade knife in public violates his federal and state constitutional right to bear arms. Our state Supreme Court’s City of Seattle v. Montana1 decision, rejecting a similar challenge to the same ordinance under the Washington Constitution,…