To: Manic_Episode; garyhope
" . . . a firearm is "any gun from which a shot or a projectile is discharged by means of explosive, gas or compressed air." It depends on how they defined it in the state laws. New Jersey also defines an air rifle as a firearm. A couple of other states classify air guns as firearms. I can't remember which ones did it. Safe guesses: Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Illinois.
New Jersey also illegalized sling shots, but it's a separate law.
37 posted on
12/16/2006 5:25:30 AM PST by
sig226
(See my profile for the democrat culture of corruption list.)
To: sig226
Perhaps it's time to invent and market a mini catapult.
It could be made from a modified mousetrap.
At least those are still legal....for now.
43 posted on
12/16/2006 5:41:42 AM PST by
Manic_Episode
(Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
To: sig226
A couple of other states classify air guns as firearms. I can't remember which ones did it. Safe guesses: Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Illinois. Illinois does not require any licensing for 0.177 caliber weapons up to 700fps. Acquiring airguns above that requires a Firearm Owner's ID card ($5 for five years) but does not require any 4473 nonsense.
63 posted on
12/16/2006 9:19:26 AM PST by
supercat
(Sony delenda est.)
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