10.78.060 Exemptions—Pistols.
Section 10.78.030(A)(3) shall not apply to or affect:
A.
1. Members of the armed forces of the United States or of the National Guard or organized reserves, when on duty,
2. Officers or employees of the United States duly authorized to carry a concealed pistol, or
3. Marshals, sheriffs, prison or jail wardens or their deputies, or other law enforcement officers of this state or another state; or
B. Regularly enrolled members of any club or organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or private, while such members are at or are going to or from such target ranges; or
C. Regularly enrolled members of any club or organization organized for the purpose of collecting modern or antique firearms while such members are at or are going to or from a gun collector’s show or exhibit; or
D. Individual licensed hunters or fishermen while on a hunting, camping, or fishing trip; or
E. Any person engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing, or dealing in firearms or the agent or representative of such person, having in his possession, using or carrying a pistol in the usual or ordinary course of such business; or
F. Any person carrying a pistol unloaded and in a secure wrapper from the place of purchase, from or to a place of repair, or from or to his place of abode or place of business, or in moving from one place of abode or place of business to another, or when in his place of abode or fixed place of business; or
G. Any person carrying a pistol concealed on his or her person, while in the person’s place of abode or fixed place of business; or
H. Any person carrying a pistol concealed on his or her person, when that person has a license to carry a concealed weapon, as provided in Chapter 9.41 RCW; or
I. Any person in possession of an unloaded pistol who leaves the unloaded pistol in a vehicle while the unloaded pistol is locked within the vehicle and concealed from view from outside the vehicle; or
J. Any person carrying or placing a loaded pistol in any vehicle, when that person has a license to carry a concealed weapon, as provided in Chapter 9.41 RCW, and:
1. The pistol is on the licensee’s person, or
2. The licensee is within the vehicle at all times that the pistol is there, or
3. The licensee is away from the vehicle and the pistol is locked within the vehicle and concealed from view from outside the vehicle; or
K. Law enforcement officers retired for service or physical disabilities, except for those law enforcement officers retired because of mental or stress-related disabilities. This subsection applies only to a retired officer who has: (1) obtained documentation from a law enforcement agency within Washington State from which he or she retired that is signed by the agency’s chief law enforcement officer and that states that the retired officer was retired for service or physical disability; and (2) not been convicted of a crime making him or her ineligible for a concealed pistol license. (Ord. 2314-98 § 1, 1998; Ord. 1145-85 § 130, 1985.)