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5/17/2012 9:21:45 AM EDT

Hi all, work might be taking me up to washington state. I was wondering if some of you WA guys could chime in and give me a run down of the gun laws.
1) Can I have and use my suppressors there?
2) Can I have and use my SBR there?
3) What about switchblades and OTF knives?
Im a LEO btw, Im not sure if that makes any difference in the laws. These are all personally owned, not for work.
Thanks
5/17/2012 9:43:04 AM EDT
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Silencers are legal to use on a firearm as long as they are registered with the feds, there are no other laws on the books about them.  You can hunt with them also.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.41.250

SBR are for military, police and dealers; offical use only, no personal ownership allowed unless registered prior to July 1, 1994.  I have been told that LEO's can not buy their own SBR duty weapon either.  But I am not sure how true this actually is.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.41.190

Switch blade knives are only for official duty also.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.41.250

Except for the silencers, you are as screwed as the rest of us.  We are working on SBR/SBS with bill 2099, but it has died a few times already.

Ranb