BB gun a firearm in Wisconsin now

[je25ff]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/09/2...t-state-to-call-bb-gun-firearm/?intcmp=hplnws

 

[xtry51]

You meant Minnesota?

 

[Kevin_NH]

How long before airguns laws are enforced by BATFE?

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, all those flyover states are basically the same, right?

State definitions vary, with New Jersey and Rhode Island using some of the strictest language, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Those states classify all non-powder guns as firearms. Illinois and Michigan treat certain non-powder guns as firearms while Connecticut, Delaware and North Dakota list them as “dangerous weapons.” Thirteen states impose age restrictions on the possession, use and transfer of non-powder guns.

My worry is that it will just take one high profile case to get legislation passed putting all airguns (really, all projectile weapons) with more than X foot-pounds of energy into the purview of BATFE.

 

[je25ff]

Wups..

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You meant Minnesota?

Yes, sorry.

 

[WanMan99]

Wait til Linsky gets a hold of this one... We should start an office pool.

 

[mac1911]

I'm really surprised they have not stepped all over the full auto pellet rifles and such.
It won't be long....although I see tighter restrictions on ammo before pellet guns.
Pretty soon I see a restriction on the power of the ammo we can shoot...

Those that are against seem to have the time money and will to keep at it.

 

[garandman]

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, all those flyover states are basically the same, right?

Squareheads all....[including me mudder]

 

[atmay]

Depending on which portion of MA law you're looking at, BB/pellet guns are "firearms" there as well.