NJ: Bill to reclassify BB guns as non firearms

[Midwest]

NJ: Bill to reclassify BB guns as non firearms

Assembly bill 546 currently in the 216th NJ Legislature aims to clarify that BB guns are not firearms under New Jersey law.

Currently under NJ Law, airguns (bb guns) are considered firearms and require the FID (Firearms ID Card) to purchase air rifles and a Permit to Purchase a Pistol to buy a airgun bb pistol.


http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2014/Bills/A1000/546_I1.PDF

The changed legislation would read:
" It shall not include any air gun or pistol which uses air, compressed air or carbon dioxide as the propelling force to eject a ball or non-pointed pellet that does not exceed .177 caliber at a
muzzle velocity of less than 500 feet per second, commonly referred to as a BB gun"


It is Sponsored by:Assemblyman JOHN DIMAIO
District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)

Assemblywoman ALISON LITTELL MCHOSE
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:Assemblyman Space

If you live in New Jersey, get others to call their politicians and support this.
I have no other information on the legislation. If I find out more I will post it here.
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[fpgt72]

Your red rider will be legal now....but nothing else will be.

I can tell you I can sure see why they would be so worried about an 880 daisy or 2100 crosman. I mean 10 pumps and you are sending a pointy thing at around 700fps. Imaging the mass shootings.

Or worse yet a single cock and then put in the pointy thing....good greif you might get off 1-2 shots before you have to use the gun as a club.

Idiots.....makes me glad I live in one of the few free areas in the US.

 

[Mman]

This is the back door to ammunition power limitations. Next step is to put upper limits on velocity or kinetic energy of real firearms/ammunition.

 

[115grfmj]

Your red rider will be legal now....but nothing else will be

Mine is now, but I had to use my FPID to get it.

In all seriousness, forgive us NJ residents, for being skeptical that this will pass. We have been fighting this fight for a long time, NJ is a nanny state plain and simple. For all of us in this state that value our 2nd ammendment rights, it's been an uphill battle all the way, with no sucess to show for it.

Personally though, it IS ridiculous that BB guns are classed as fireams