Knuckles, baton and club laws in Washington

We follow 2 Washington rules on knuckles, batons, clubs, nunchaku and throwing stars; all are bans.

Washington

BannedDo not ship metal knuckles (including knuckle-guard knives whose handle functions as metal knuckles), slungshots, or sand clubs to Washington.

RCW 9.41.250(1)(a) · draft

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RCW 9.41.250 Dangerous weapons—Penalty.
(1) Every person who:
(a) Manufactures, sells, or disposes of or possesses any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slungshot, sand club, or metal knuckles, or spring blade knife;
(b) Furtively carries with intent to conceal any dagger, dirk, pistol, or other dangerous weapon; or
(c) Uses any contrivance or device for suppressing the noise of any firearm unless the suppressor is legally registered and possessed in accordance with federal law,
is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.
(2) "Spring blade knife" means any knife, including a prototype, model, or other sample, with a blade that is automatically released by a spring mechanism or other mechanical device, or any knife having a blade which opens, or falls, or is ejected into position by the force of gravity, or by an outward, downward, or centrifugal thrust or movement. A knife that contains a spring, detent, or other mechanism designed to create a bias toward closure of the blade and that requires physical exertion applied to the blade by hand, wrist, or arm to overcome the bias toward closure to assist in opening the knife is not a spring blade knife.
[ 2012 c 179 s 1; 2011 c 13 s 1; 2007 c 379 s 1; 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 424; 1959 c 143 s 1; 1957 c 93 s 1; 1909 c 249 s 265; 1886 p 81 s 1; Code 1881 s 929; RRS s 2517.]

BannedDo not ship knives whose handle works as metal knuckles (trench/knuckle-guard knives) to Washington, where making, selling or possessing metal knuckles is a gross misdemeanor.

RCW 9.41.250(1)(a) · draft

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(1) Every person who: (a) Manufactures, sells, or disposes of or possesses any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slungshot, sand club, or metal knuckles, or spring blade knife;
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is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.
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[ 2012 c 179 s 1 ; 2011 c 13 s 1 ; 2007 c 379 s 1 ; 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 424 ; 1959 c 143 s 1 ; 1957 c 93 s 1 ; 1909 c 249 s 265 ; 1886 p 81 s 1 ; Code 1881 s 929; RRS s 2517.]