PUT OUT AN APB ON THIS BB GUN WIELDING THUG!!!!
Type of rifle that killed girl ID'd by police But there should be no excuse for premeditated muder.
If a BB gun is a firearm under the law, that has far-reaching consequences beyond just this case. The courts should think long and hard about that, since it's totally bogus and unfair to have "firearm" mean different things in different situations.
"You'll put yer eye out, and go to jail, too, kid..."
Well they can't say it's a firearm that would mean it has to be treated and sold like a real gun.
Slingshots will be next.
Would a bow and arrow be considered a "firearm"? A crossbow?
"The appellate court reinstated the charge against Fleming, finding that a firearm is "any gun from which a shot or a projectile is discharged by means of explosive, gas or compressed air."
Tha Appelate court has no grounds in the law to do this. I'm sure the MN legislaturre doesn't classify bb guns as a firearm and neither do the feds. stinkin' liberals!
spitballs!
What FIRE is there in a BB gun?
Some libs are nuts - kicking kids out of school for drawing pictures of a gun.
Residents of New Jersey can buy bb guns through a designated local gun store after acquiring an Airgun Permit.
Cite from New Jersey law: "A 'firearm' means any handgun, rifle, shotgun, air gun, gas gun, machine gun, or 'any gun'."
Would a squirt gun fall under the judge's definition? Or do I have to be a lawyer to make that connection?
If (Big IF) the article is right, the court ruled properly, based on the definition provided by an idiot legislature.
We are usually the first to say that courts should follow the law not make it. It looks like this time they did; eh!
Really? How long you been married?
Just kidding, honey. (in case my wife sees this)
What part of FIRE is hard to comprehend?
Now if it had been a CAP pistol; then FRY his a$$!
(Lots of FIRE in one of THEM babies!!!)
No surprise here. There are a lot of unfortunate souls in MN. who just don't get it. It must be the water...ie, lesbian fire chief of a major city, they elect an Islamist to Congress, the disruptive Immans on the plane out of Minneapolis and on and on. Wake up Minny!
I hear baseballs are awfully dangerous too.
I suspect this is really VERY BAD reporting.
The probation convict was carrying an object as a weapon.
It would be no different if he used his automobile as a weapon.
Reading this thread elsewhere the topic of 'caliber' was introduced with a differentiation firearm/not at 0.18 caliber. I remember with pleasure my .17 caliber Remington that shot a 0.173 inch bullet at 5050 fps. A BB is .177 caliber.
As I read the article I suspected that somewhere a .17 HMR pistol would not 'legally' be a firearm.
Remember, "the law is an ass."
we cannot constitutionally deter any individual's right to bear arms... shall not be infringed means just that...
if one has demonstrated through felonious behaviour, he cannot play nice, twice, then we should keep him separated from society for longer periods of his lifetime.
teeman