[NormsRevenge]

Oh Plz.. has they lost their noodles ?

aint no gunpowder or explosive involved.. unless compressed air is now a deadly weapon.

[Cboldt]

I think the decision is typical court idiocy, but Lewis and Clark used a Girandoni air rifle to great effect on their western adventure.
The Lewis & Clark Girandoni Air Rifle

[WhiskeyX]

“aint no gunpowder or explosive involved..”

The standard English dictionary definitions for fire and arm do not require pyrotechnic fire or gunpowder to meet the definitions. See Post 92 for the definitions and examples.

“unless compressed air is now a deadly weapon.”

Rifles using compressed air were indeed used as deadly military firearms in the European armies of the 18th and 19th Centuries and by Lewis and Clark on their expedition in the Louisiana Purchase territories.