Air gun laws in your state

[RinCG]

I've long considered MN a "nazi" state(closer to socialist/fascist)


makes me wonder if airgun fun can be had anywhere???

I recall hours of roaming with airgun without having a guardian present.

http://pelletgunzone.com/air-gun-laws/

coupled with statute 609.66 DANGEROUS WEAPONS.

[Joe Smith]

I think it prudent to call the police department, but not from your own phone. If you get an answer you aren't happy with and the wrong cop you may well get put on a watch list as someone wanting to shoot in the town. May also get visited by officers who want to look at all your 'weapons'.

Why ask for trouble?

[Booger]

May also get visited by officers who want to look at all your 'weapons'.

Better have a warrant.

[brzryder]

As Commonwealth of Pennsylvania game laws are so plainly written, it appears that you can't shoot 'NOTHIN' around here. (Locally pronounced, 'gnaw-thin'.)   

Please, please,PLEASE, someone tell me that I'm reading it wrong!!!   

Cheers,
Smoketown
(Recently transplanted from 'airgun friendly' Arizona.)

Smoketown here`s a read for you maybe this will help you with the Pa airgun laws  http://law.onecle.com/pennsylvania/crimes-and-offenses/00.063.004.000.html
one thing it doesn`t say is that hunting with air guns is a no-no that would be in the hunting guide

[fishboy]

State, county & city laws can & do vary. SD city airguns are considered "firearms" & can't be shot outdoors with certain exceptions. Pretty sure airsoft is the same. You can't even shoot a slingshot anymore in SD city, not legally. I can plink legally in relatives backyards that are out of city. Often the neighbors dictate what's acceptable, as I wouldn't wanna hear "He's got a gun" anywhere I shoot. I have friend with a large lot & backyard that has cool neighbors, we shoot all the time. I broke my gun in indoors.

[brzryder]

Sean i also do most of my shooting indoors if you noticed i shoot mainly pistols which do very well indoors at 10m

[eaguila]

Indiana does not consider air rifles a firearm, but it is not allowed to fire any projectile on the direction of a street or a public area.  I asked the police department (while I was at the town hall) if i can shoot my air rifle in my backyard for target shooting and pesting =)

[KzooRichie]

KzooRichie.  I can tell you any "powder powered" muzzleloader is considered as a "Firearm".  It makes "Fire". That's the bottom line.
   As far as your local subdivision goes...make sure that they understand the bylaws, just as you should.  "They", should be able to show you the violation, which could be by following your local sherrff, county ordinance.
The deal about "Noise"...is a real toughy...and very subjective.  Be careful unless you have paperwork to argue with the fine public officer that pays you a visit.
I know it not worthy guys...but let's educate ourselves so we can educate others

Well I could be wrong, the laws here are weird.  The question was laws... Not common sense. When I took my RSO training at the LGC that's what we were taught. 

My 1377 is a firearm in MI.  No fire there. 

Sadly, the laws are so hard to get your head around that many vendors don't even bother shipping stuff to MI.

[Minuteman]

Im up here in Canada eh! Anything over 500fps is considered a full blown firearm eh. We need a Possesion license for these guns here. But thats what Canada is all aboot eh!

Man, that stinks. I hope my state doesn't become another Canada. (No offense. I like Canada. Just their laws stink)

[Booger]

Im up here in Canada eh! Anything over 500fps is considered a full blown firearm eh. We need a Possesion license for these guns here. But thats what Canada is all aboot eh!

Man, that stinks. I hope my state doesn't become another Canada. (No offense. I like Canada. Just their laws stink)

I like Canada too, but their taxes stink too. 

[RHytonen]

I've long considered MN a "nazi" state(closer to socialist/fascist)

um...socialism and fascism are polar opposites...

Look words up, then use them correctly.
And beware of sources with a financial interest in redefining those words.

Rod

[HatsanPhantom]

I love the airgun laws here in VA

[bubba zanetti]

I've long considered MN a "nazi" state(closer to socialist/fascist)

um...socialism and fascism are polar opposites...

Look words up, then use them correctly.
And beware of sources with a financial interest in redefining those words.

Rod

Thank you Brother Rod 

BZ

[Joe Smith]

Not much sense to air and spring powered rifles and pistols at all.
The rules are 'legal/illegal' rather than 'right/wrong'. Certainly not a case of making sense but too often a blanket crackdown on everything possible.

[woogie_man]

Firearm" or "weapon" means any device which will expel, or is readily capable of expelling, a projectile by the action of an explosive and includes any such device, loaded or unloaded, commonly referred to as a pistol, revolver, rifle, gun, machine gun, shotgun, bazooka, or cannon. For a felon who is not sentenced under section 12.1-32-09.1, the term does not include a firearm or weapon that is a rifle that has a barrel sixteen inches [40.64 centimeters] or longer or a shotgun that has a barrel eighteen inches [45.72 centimeters] or longer and which is one of the following:
a. A firearm, including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system, manufactured before 1899.
b. A replica of any firearm described in subdivision a, if the replica is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition or uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition that is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.
c. A muzzleloading rifle or muzzleloading shotgun that is designed to use black powder, or a black powder substitute, and cannot use fixed ammunition.


Right fom the nd state website.  Airguns are not classified as weapons, or firearms.  Though in your town it may be different.  I know in my area I am ok, as the police have seen my back stops and know they are safe.  Heck they have fired my airguns a few times.

[Rivers3Plinker]

KzooRichie.  I can tell you any "powder powered" muzzleloader is considered as a "Firearm".  It makes "Fire". That's the bottom line.
   As far as your local subdivision goes...make sure that they understand the bylaws, just as you should.  "They", should be able to show you the violation, which could be by following your local sherrff, county ordinance.
The deal about "Noise"...is a real toughy...and very subjective.  Be careful unless you have paperwork to argue with the fine public officer that pays you a visit.
I know it not worthy guys...but let's educate ourselves so we can educate others

Well I could be wrong, the laws here are weird.  The question was laws... Not common sense. When I took my RSO training at the LGC that's what we were taught. 

My 1377 is a firearm in MI.  No fire there. 

Sadly, the laws are so hard to get your head around that many vendors don't even bother shipping stuff to MI.

You have a PM.

[Nathan]

Make sure that you check your local (City and or County) ordinances before you run out and start shooting, just because the State law doesn't say you can't. Many cities, towns, and counties have stricter laws than the State they're in, so while you may not be breaking a State law, you could be in violation of a local ordinance. Which may result in a visit by local law enforcement, ticket, fine and or weapons confiscation.
Also, don't expect every police officer to know all the laws/ordinances regarding airguns in particular. Most don't. Not knocking police officers, just saying. More often than not, they will err on the side of caution/safety and tend to think that what you are doing is illegal.  It would help if you have copies of the actual laws and ordinances (most are available on State/City/County website).


Nathan
Nathan

[Airjason]

In my city, the law is simply that airgun shooting must be kept within your domicile. Noise is covered by a separate law that includes machinery , barking dogs, loud music, etc.. I have a jerk of a neighbor who used to shoot birds off the tree in my yard and also from the electric lines on my side of the street. Dead birds were always lying on the ground in front of my house. I called the police about this and all they did was talk to the guy. He worked at the police station as a mechanic and the patrol cops seemed to not want to do anything to the guy. My complaint eventually went to the police chief who visited him in person and that is when the jerk stopped.

[RHytonen]

Out here in darndest WV, I still have been unsuccessful in finding any legal reference to airguns.
As family works in the city office, I will be investigating local ordinances in person when I have recuperated and been certified healthy enough to travel on foot or even drive.

My guess would be, local ordinances mean more than state, if they even exist (although what's not bothered to enforce, also doesn't exist.)
Example: There are absolutely no DMV requirements in WV on vehicle exhaust, i.e., no emissions tests for an inspection sticker. They check operation (not alignment) of your lights, brake and turn signals, that's it. You could literally run straight pipes. Sounds like some do.

Here, if it doesn't legally protect, DE-regulate, and enrich the extraction industries and the absolute rule of their profit, they probably haven't bothered with it. The lack of environmental protections is turning a green paradise into a toxic, ugly industrial nightmare before our very eyes, ears and lungs.
If noise or other regulations existed or were enforced, it would interfere with gas drilling operations.

Over just this past year, the deer and fish have locally (unofficially of course, but overwhelming word of mouth, and out-of-state University testing) been proven inedible and toxic. The deer dig their way into and drink the extremely chemically salty "brine" (NOT NaCl!) from the gas industry's vast cancer (BTEX "evaporation") ponds, and last year, hunters were finding abandoned carcasses in the woods in truly alarming numbers. No one would take them home to eat after cutting them open, and smelling and seeing many colored liquids not found in nature..

[StevenG]

RHytonen, tread lightly or you will find the vast defenders of any industry after you. To them nothing that makes money can do wrong.
I am no enviro nut, but there have to be some limits or people will gladly poison the earth to make an extra buck. I rather be able to eat the deer and fish, than have another dollar at the end of the month.