National Carry AcademyRonald Reagan National & Washington Dulles International Airports
January 13, 2016
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
§ 8.4. Dangerous Weapons Prohibited.
(1) No person may possess a dangerous weapon within or bring any dangerous weapon into the Airports’ terminals or the airfields or any building that opens onto the airfield on which signs are posted so as to give reasonable notice to the public unless:
(a) the person is a passenger of an airline and possesses the weapon in one of the Airports’ terminals for the sole purposes of
(i) presenting such weapon to U.S. Customs agents in advance of an international flight,
(ii) checking such weapon with his luggage, or
(iii) retrieving such weapon from the baggage claim area, and the weapon, if a firearm, is unloaded and carried in a locked, hard-sided container to which only that person retains the key or combination; or
(b) the weapon is (i) packaged for shipment in a container that is locked or otherwise secured and (ii) if a firearm, unloaded, and (iii) brought or possessed on Authority facilities for shipment by air or retrieval after shipment by air.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply:
(a) to persons authorized by 49 CFR Section 1540.111 to carry a dangerous weapon on their persons or accessible property in the sterile areas of the Airports;
(b) to law enforcement officers required to carry firearms while in the performance of their official law enforcement duties while on the Airports;
(c) to employees or agents of the Authority and the weapon is to be used under Authority direction for Authority purposes such as game control; or
(d) to persons who need the weapon in the performance of their duties for legitimate airport purposes (such as armored car guards) and the Airport Manager has previously approved, in writing, that person possessing a weapon where he would otherwise be prohibited. (Res. No. 94-4, 1-5-94; Res. No. 04-25, 10-6-04; Res. No. 04-30, 12-1-04)
§ 8.5. Definition of Dangerous Weapon. A dangerous weapon includes, by way of illustration and not limitation:
(1) any pistol, revolver, rifle, or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile of any kind; or
(2) any knife with a blade longer than four inches, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, razor, slingshot, spring stick, metal knucks, blackjack, sand club, sandbag, bow and arrow; or
(3) any flailing instrument consisting of two or more rigid parts connected in such a manner as to allow them to swing freely, which may be known as a nun chahka, nun chuck, nun cacao, shuriken, or fighting chain; or
(4) any disc of whatever configuration, having at least two points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart; or
(5) any mechanism designed to emit an electronic, magnetic, or other type of charge that exceeds the equivalency of a five milliamp sixty hertz shock and used for the purpose of temporarily incapacitating a person, which may be known as a stun gun; or
(6) any mechanism designed to emit an electronic, magnetic, or other type of charge or shock through the use of a projectile and used for the purpose of temporarily incapacitating a person, which may be known as a taser. (Res. No. 94-4, 1-5-94) § 8.6.
Ronald Reagan National & Washington Dulles International Airports
January 13, 2016
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
§ 8.4. Dangerous Weapons Prohibited.
(1) No person may possess a dangerous weapon within or bring any dangerous weapon into the Airports’ terminals or the airfields or any building that opens onto the airfield on which signs are posted so as to give reasonable notice to the public unless:
(a) the person is a passenger of an airline and possesses the weapon in one of the Airports’ terminals for the sole purposes of
(i) presenting such weapon to U.S. Customs agents in advance of an international flight,
(ii) checking such weapon with his luggage, or
(iii) retrieving such weapon from the baggage claim area, and the weapon, if a firearm, is unloaded and carried in a locked, hard-sided container to which only that person retains the key or combination; or
(b) the weapon is (i) packaged for shipment in a container that is locked or otherwise secured and (ii) if a firearm, unloaded, and (iii) brought or possessed on Authority facilities for shipment by air or retrieval after shipment by air.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply:
(a) to persons authorized by 49 CFR Section 1540.111 to carry a dangerous weapon on their persons or accessible property in the sterile areas of the Airports;
(b) to law enforcement officers required to carry firearms while in the performance of their official law enforcement duties while on the Airports;
(c) to employees or agents of the Authority and the weapon is to be used under Authority direction for Authority purposes such as game control; or
(d) to persons who need the weapon in the performance of their duties for legitimate airport purposes (such as armored car guards) and the Airport Manager has previously approved, in writing, that person possessing a weapon where he would otherwise be prohibited. (Res. No. 94-4, 1-5-94; Res. No. 04-25, 10-6-04; Res. No. 04-30, 12-1-04)
§ 8.5. Definition of Dangerous Weapon. A dangerous weapon includes, by way of illustration and not limitation:
(1) any pistol, revolver, rifle, or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile of any kind; or
(2) any knife with a blade longer than four inches, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, razor, slingshot, spring stick, metal knucks, blackjack, sand club, sandbag, bow and arrow; or
(3) any flailing instrument consisting of two or more rigid parts connected in such a manner as to allow them to swing freely, which may be known as a nun chahka, nun chuck, nun cacao, shuriken, or fighting chain; or
(4) any disc of whatever configuration, having at least two points or pointed blades which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart; or
(5) any mechanism designed to emit an electronic, magnetic, or other type of charge that exceeds the equivalency of a five milliamp sixty hertz shock and used for the purpose of temporarily incapacitating a person, which may be known as a stun gun; or
(6) any mechanism designed to emit an electronic, magnetic, or other type of charge or shock through the use of a projectile and used for the purpose of temporarily incapacitating a person, which may be known as a taser. (Res. No. 94-4, 1-5-94) § 8.6.