[MtnClimber]

The FIB should not even have slingshots.

[No name given]

Actually, it does show the need for guns.

[mountainlion]

Let us see them go fishing in Grizzly country with slingshot protection.

[gundog]

I think it was Crosman that made a slingshot that fed 1/4” ball bearings from the bottom of the handle. I had a couple of them in the ‘70s. There would have to be some kind of restrictions on those.

[Tacrolimus1mg]

Let someone face a criminal who has an illegally-obtained gun with a wrist rocket. See how quickly they’re laughed at and shot.

[doorgunner69]

The trained minkey babbles......

[MattMusson]

Many places restrict Slingshot sales to minors.
Not a joke.

[clearcarbon]

"Incident Shows Guns Unnecessary"

Slingshots often only offer a temporary solution to a recurring problem rather than a permanent one.

[JimRed]

If a teenage boy can do the job with just a slingshot there's no telling what a fully grown adult could do."

Felony of the fourth degree

In New Jersey, slingshots are considered per se dangerous weapons. Title 2c – The New Jersey Code Of Criminal Justice Section 2C:39-3 (e) makes possession of any type of slingshot without “any explainable lawful purpose” a felony of the fourth degree. What non-weapon, lawful use is not explained in the statute and is up to the judge.

Obviously self-defense is not a lawful purpose in new Jersey.