> I went down a rabbit hole about EDC in WA state. There is a grey area that carrying a pocket knife requires a concealed weapons permit.
From what I can tell, the article you linked talked mostly about the illegality of concealed carrying a fixed blade knife. From what I can tell, it's perfectly legal to carry a folder as long as it doesn't possess any "bad" features[2] and is within the length restriction.
The law in Seattle is pretty clear.
> "Dangerous knife" means any fixed-blade knife and any other knife having a blade more than 3 1/2 inches in length[1].
2. My understanding is that a lot of otherwise normal "folding knives" fall under the "gravity knife" definition because the detent that holds the blade closes is often pretty weak (on purpose - it makes opening the knives one handed easier).
From what I can tell, the article you linked talked mostly about the illegality of concealed carrying a fixed blade knife. From what I can tell, it's perfectly legal to carry a folder as long as it doesn't possess any "bad" features[2] and is within the length restriction.
The law in Seattle is pretty clear.
> "Dangerous knife" means any fixed-blade knife and any other knife having a blade more than 3 1/2 inches in length[1].
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1. https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code...
2. My understanding is that a lot of otherwise normal "folding knives" fall under the "gravity knife" definition because the detent that holds the blade closes is often pretty weak (on purpose - it makes opening the knives one handed easier).