Legal Opinion
City of Seattle v. Evans
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 2015No. 90608-4PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWiggins, J.
¶1 — Wayne Anthony Evans contends that Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 12A.14.0801 violates his right to bear arms under article I, section 24 of the Washington Constitution and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution because the ordinance does not permit him to carry a small, fixed-blade “paring” knife for the purpose of self-defense. A jury convicted Evans of violating this ordinance, and both the superior court and the Court of Appeals affirmed.
¶2 We affirm the Court of Appeals but on different grounds. We hold that Evans’s paring knife is not an arm entitled to constitutional…
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