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I live in Massachusetts, so it just naturally occurred to me (big surprise) that someone, somewhere might well have laws against it.
1 posted on 05/03/2013 6:27:41 PM PDT by rlmorel
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Depends.

If you are a US citizen, then you have far fewer rights.

Carry it and when caught say you are an illegal, they can’t touch you then.


2 posted on 05/03/2013 6:31:06 PM PDT by NoLibZone (None here can be puzzled by why Jews walked into the cars so quietly- we are walking up the planks.)
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Good question. The way things are going lately, you could get arrested for being in possession of a sharp stick, even a pencil.


3 posted on 05/03/2013 6:31:41 PM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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It isn’t a firearm


4 posted on 05/03/2013 6:32:29 PM PDT by CMailBag
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Illegal in the Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashore areas.


5 posted on 05/03/2013 6:34:26 PM PDT by Rebelbase (1929-1950's, 20+years for full recovery. How long this time?)
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Mass, New Jersey and Rhode Island = Bad.

Keep in mind, many areas think knives, sling shots, etc. Aren't 'arms' and ya don't have a right to have them.

6 posted on 05/03/2013 6:35:19 PM PDT by Theoria
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I know all slingshots are illegal in New Jersey, and they are illegal in NY if they have wrist braces. I’m sure they are elsewhere as well, but I couldn’t speak from first hand knowledge elsewhere.


7 posted on 05/03/2013 6:36:32 PM PDT by RobertClark (My shrink just killed himself - he blamed me in his note!)
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I did a search for “slingshots illegal” and sure enough...

Why are Slingshots with wrist bands illegal in NY?
http://www.nyfirearms.com/forums/off-topic/21501-why-slingshots-wrist-bands-illegal-ny.html

Slingshots are illegal in some areas........ -
http://nhunting.com/forum/topic/6560-slingshots-are-illegal-in-some-areas/

“Slingshots, slingshot ammo, and slingshot supplies, cannot be shipped to the following states, counties or cities:

Delaware: Dover & Wilmington
Florida: St. Augustine
Illinois: Evergreen Park
New Jersey
New York: Only wrist-braced slingshots are illegal.
Massachusetts
Minnesota: Duluth
Rhode Island
South Carolina: Charleston
Tennessee: Knoxville & Johnson City
Utah: Salt Lake County
Virginia: Falls Church”

Where did my country go?


8 posted on 05/03/2013 6:37:45 PM PDT by PastorBooks
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Free men don't ask permission.

They have a lawyer on speed dial and bail pre-arranged.

/johnny

10 posted on 05/03/2013 6:39:19 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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If they want you, they will take you.


11 posted on 05/03/2013 6:41:23 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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Check out this guy and his command of a slingshot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieWrWLjii0


12 posted on 05/03/2013 6:42:23 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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Going after Goliath?


13 posted on 05/03/2013 6:44:13 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness)
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There is probably a law against it in some jurisdiction.


15 posted on 05/03/2013 6:48:19 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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It takes a great deal of skill and hand-eye coordination to use a wristrocket accurately and hit your target. It’s not like a firearm where you sight down the barrel. You have to sight down your arm, and your arm has to be steady. I doubt very much if there are any laws regarding them, because they are below the radar. Kinda like crossbows.


17 posted on 05/03/2013 6:51:12 PM PDT by jespasinthru (Proud member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.)
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In 1950`s I made a wooden slingshot and a boomerang as part of the shop curriculum in the local school in NY State.

I say take back our country from the communists!

21 posted on 05/03/2013 7:00:48 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.))
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I believe ‘assault sling shots’ are illegal. You know, ones with a folding stock, or holds more than ten rocks.

And of course, never in a million years could you get away with calling them what they were called in my day.

22 posted on 05/03/2013 7:01:22 PM PDT by I cannot think of a name
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Depends .... is it black? Does it have a removable magazine? Does it have a handgrip? And above all, is it considered an “assault weapon” (aka AK-47 Slingshot)?


25 posted on 05/03/2013 7:05:32 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (You don't have to be stupid to become a Progressive, but it does speed up the process.)
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depends on use and state


26 posted on 05/03/2013 7:05:46 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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So far as I know, there are no restrictions about possessing a slingshot in Virginia so long is it is not concealed.....unless of course you have a concealed carry permit.

You can even open carry a pistol in Virginia; no permit required.

28 posted on 05/03/2013 7:08:24 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
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I knew a Green Beret, who when sequestered for months, got himself a wrist rocket and a really big, economy bottle of aspirin. By the time the bottle was used up, he could nail a fly at a respectable distance.


29 posted on 05/03/2013 7:10:07 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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Gosh. I sure HOPE not! (Innocent Until PROVEN Guilty...)


31 posted on 05/03/2013 7:13:29 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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