Here is what you thought: 12.68.030 Unincorporated King county where not designated as a "no shooting" area. In all areas of King County not designated by ordinance as "no shooting" areas, except when a person is on his own property or has written permission from the owner, and the discharge of such weapons and the trajectory of any projectile is restricted to said property, it is unlawful to discharge a firearm within five hundred feet of any building capable of being occupied by people or domestic animals or used for storage of flammable or combustible materials or trails used for hiking, biking, or horseback riding, and designated as such in the county comprehensive plan; provided, that the above-referenced distance shall not be less than two hundred fifty feet when the firearm being discharged is a shotgun. (Ord. 4691 ? 1, 1980).

12.68.020 Violations - Misdemeanor - Penalty - Arrest.
A. Any person carrying a firearm in a "No Shooting Area," under circumstances which manifest intent to discharge or which indicates that such firearm has been discharged in a "No Shooting Area," is guilty of a misdemeanor. Among those circumstances which may be considered in determining such intent are the following:
1. Type of firearm;
2. Manner in which firearm is being carried;
3. Whether or not the firearm is capable of discharge;
4 Information concerning the discharge of a firearm within the prior two hours.
B. The first offense for violation of this chapter constitutes a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars. Consecutive offenses are punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars or by confinement in the county jail for a period of not more than ninety days.
C. Any police officer having information to support a reasonable belief that a person has committed a violation of this chapter, involving physical harm or threats of harm to any person or property and by a firearm, has the authority to arrest the person. (Ord. 1498 ?? 1 - 3, 1973).

Note the civil penalty for 1st offense and otherwise a misdemeanor: so federal law:

? 706 ? Arrests; search warrants

Any employee of the Department of Agriculture [Department of Interior] authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture [Secretary of the Interior] to enforce the provisions of this Act shall have power, without warrant, to arrest any person committing a violation of this Act in his presence or view and to take such person immediately for examination or trial before an officer or court of competent jurisdiction; shall have power to execute any warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act; and shall have authority, with a search warrant, to search any place. The several judges of the courts established under the laws of the United States, and United States commissioners [United States magistrate judges] may, within their respective jurisdictions, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, issue warrants
in all such cases. All birds, or parts, nests, or eggs thereof, captured, killed, taken, sold or offered for sale, bartered or offered for barter, purchased, shipped, transported, carried, imported, exported, or possessed contrary to the provisions of this Act or of any regulation prescribed there under shall, when found, be seized and, upon conviction of the offender or upon judgment of a court of the United States that the same were captured, killed, taken, sold or offered for sale, bartered or offered for barter, purchased, shipped, transported, carried, imported, exported, or possessed contrary to the provisions of this Act or of any regulation prescribed thereunder, shall be forfeited to the United States and disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior in such manner as he deems appropriate.

This may be the way to go: Report Violations to the State: link: http://wdfw.wa.gov/enforcement/reporting_violations.html
NON-EMERGENCY
Poaching / Violations or
Dangerous Wildlife Complaints reportpoaching at dfw.wa.gov
1-877-933-9847 http://wdfw.wa.gov/enforcement/violation/index.php

maybe of help?


On Sun, 16 Jan 2011, itomas at onebox.com wrote:

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> Anyone know the unincorporated, King County gun laws? This morning, someone shot what appeared to be a Merganser, across the street from my house (about 200 feet away from where I sat on my deck). It's my understanding that there's a 500' requirement from a residence, road or trail. Does this sound right? The County Sheriff spoke to the shooter (a neighbor, an ex-Ranger) and just...let it go. I haven't been able to find the actual, applicable statute concerning firearms. This happened in the Rutherford Slough in Fall City. If I understand the law correctly, there should be nowhere along the Rutherford Slough where firearms can be discharged, legally.
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Clarke O'Reilly, MAT
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