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Originally Posted by hermannr
Question for the legal types on here: Are (some/all) government entities considered "Corporations"?...
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The short answer is "no."
For a longer answer: On rare occasions a governmental entity will form a corporation, which it will wholly own or own a controlling interest in. It will do so to perform certain special functions. That sort of thing is more common in other countries. Examples of corporations owned or controlled by the United States include Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Tennessee Valley Authority, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, and a number of others.
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Originally Posted by hermannr
....Why? (in queue with 3A and domestic police comments)
Washington State constitution, Article 1 Section 24, phrase #2.
SECTION 24 RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired, but nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing individuals or corporations to organize, maintain or employ an armed body of men.
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All that says is that provision of the State Constitution can't be read as authorizing certain persons or entities to do certain things. That doesn't mean that other laws don't authorize those person or entities to do those things.