Conviction for Violation of the Weapons Act

Facts

The appellant [A.] was convicted by the High Court of the Canton of Thurgau for an offense against the Weapons Act pursuant to Art. 33 para. 1 lit. a WG in conjunction with Art. 4 para. 1 lit. c WG to a conditional fine of 5 daily rates of 60 Swiss francs each and a fine of 60 Swiss francs. The court also ordered the confiscation and destruction of the seized knife. [A.] filed a criminal complaint against this decision with the Federal Supreme Court.

Considerations

The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the complaint. It concluded that the lower court was right to assume conditional intent. The appellant had consciously decided not to know whether the knife he had ordered qualified as a weapon within the meaning of the Weapons…