§ 5.50.020. Definitions

The definitions contained in Chapter 5.30 of the Seattle Municipal Code shall be fully applicable to this chapter except as may be expressly stated to the contrary herein. The following additional definitions shall apply throughout this Chapter 5.50:

"Ammunition" means any projectiles with their fuses, propelling charges, or primers designed to be fired from firearms. Ammunition shall include any shotgun shell and any rifle, pistol, or revolver cartridge.

"Round of ammunition" means a single unit of ammunition.

"Antique firearm" means a firearm or replica of a firearm not designed or redesigned for using rim fire or conventional center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898, including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system and also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.

"Family or household member" means "family" or "household member" as used in RCW 10.99.020.

"Firearm" means a weapon from which a projectile or projectiles may be fired by an explosive such as gunpowder.

"Law enforcement officer" includes a general authority Washington peace officer as defined in RCW 10.93.020, or a specially commissioned Washington peace officer as defined in RCW 10.93.020. "Law enforcement officer" also includes a limited authority Washington peace officer as defined in RCW 10.93.020 if such officer is duly authorized by the officer's employer to carry a concealed pistol.

"Licensed dealer" means a person who is federally licensed under 18 U.S.C. 923(a).

(Ord. 124833 , § 11, 2015.)