Posted on 01/02/2016 12:17:07 AM PST by VeniVidiVici
The Minnesota Court of Appeals held up a statute that defines BB guns as firearms when it comes to prohibited persons. The decision comes as bad news for defendant David Lee Haywood, 37, who was found guilty of possessing a firearm and now faces a five-year sentence.
Police searched Haywoods car after discovering that he was in violation of a no-contact order with a passenger during a 2013 traffic stop. A compact air pistol was found in his glove compartment. Haywood was previously convicted of felony drug possession and was therefore not allowed to own any firearms or airguns in Minnesota.
Haywood's airgun, an Umarex Walther CP99 Compact, uses CO2 cartridges to shoot .177-caliber BBs. The appellate court ruling follows previous decisions maintaining that airguns, when in the possession of felons, are no different then firearms.
The jury was instructed to treat the airgun as a firearm during deliberation. Normally state law makes an exception to the definition of firearm specifically for BB guns and airguns firing a projectile smaller that .18-caliber.
(Excerpt) Read more at gunsamerica.com ...
Slingshots are next.
Notice the smoke...
Nope. Bore oil atomized by airflow
(Daisy Pump Expert marksman - 1958-1960)
Better stock up on pellets, the feds will probably start buying em all up to keep you from shooting your eye out.
Or tax each pellet,
or make it so each batch has a signature of material.
Not a firearm? Maybe...
http://www.topairgun.com/big-bore-air-rifles
http://www.pyramydair.com/article/_50_Caliber_Dragon_Slayer_Air_Rifle_December_2007/45
Potato gun? Nerf gun?
Take a look at one of these puppies: http://www.quackenbushairguns.com/LA_Outlaw.htm .
This is an air rifle that shoots .458 bullets at 700+ fps. The bullets are twice the weight of those from a Colt .45.
Go ahead let any felon you want have one of these.
Okay, so if a BB gun counts as a firearm, wouldn’t a slingshot or a spit ball?
Given the courts’ ability to redefine words, there remains only one burning question. Can you marry a BB gun?
The term “Firearm” means it requires some type of fire or explosion to push a projectile out of the barrel?
BB guns use compressed air. How then can the two be termed equal as “Firearms”?
What about bow and arrows? The cross bow is in danger of being reclassified with those idiots making up the rules.
or a spring.
BB guns today Pea shooters tomorrow.
The Next step.............
Go Door to Door and Confiscate all Rubber Bands, and Fly Swatters, ............YES, it shall be done!
“He broke conditions of his parole, case closed.”
Only if it was specifically stated he couldn’t have a BB gun
in his terms of probation. Do you know this for a fact? If
not then either you have to accept that compressed co2 is
equivalent to combustion as in a true firearm. In that case
I would like to hear what your definition of “is” is.
Minnesota just took the lead on stupidest state over Florida.
Cops coulda just shot him when they found it. This whole thing would be forgotten by now.
That does not make the court correct. BB “guns” are not firearms no matter what any court says.
Felons can get almost any gun they want. Stop pretending the got will be there to protect you.
You are either delusional or an idiot if you believe that. Take your pick.
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