Can I own a pellet airgun legally?

November 2nd, 2008

Apparently you can't buy a pellet pistol in stores at NY (you can by BB ones). So I looked online, but every site says they can not ship pellet guns to NY.

Can I drive to PA (where anythings legal…) and bring a pellet gun over to NY?

Yep, you sure can, but don't get caught in N.Y. city
with it.
Here's the law:
http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi
Go for it!!!

6 Responses

  1. TLH Says:
    November 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 pm

    bb guns can shoot pellets.just buy the correct caliber of pellets the same caliber as bb's .177.
    References :
    http://www.airgunsbbguns.com/Default.asp?Redirected=Y

  2. the great Says:
    November 2nd, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    yes if u buy it in PA. but make sure u keep the registration
    References :

  3. mattzcoz Says:
    November 2nd, 2008 at 11:26 pm

    Sure, but then it's possibly a Federal crime for interstate transport. I can't swear to that, but sounds about right, doesn't it?

    Yeah, it's stupid. Several years ago in the People's Democratic Republic of Massachusetts, I wanted to buy a pellet pistol just to plink targets in my basement. But that would have been a HANDGUN, oh my God!. But, I could get a pellet rifle (with my FID card), which had something like double or triple the muzzle velocity of the pellet pistol. So I did. It was way more deadly than the pistol would have been, but that's all thanks to bozo ignorant anti-gun fanatics who can't craft a reasonable law.

    The BB pistols and guns I've seen are useless - you can see the BB drop on its way to a target 25 feet away, they're like spitballs.
    References :

  4. Jon W Says:
    November 2nd, 2008 at 11:41 pm

    Depends on if POSSESSION is legal where you live.

    You can buy it in PA or have it shipped to a friends house in NJ if you want.

    Update:
    ————-
    I'd like to see the law, but that link takes you to "Bill Status Search By Bill Number". I don't know the bill number.
    References :

  5. Adam L Says:
    November 2nd, 2008 at 11:56 pm

    no it is illegal for you to own a pellet because there is so much bad stuff they can arrest you!!!! im srry you have to go thruogh that but ny is really dumb!!!!!!!
    References :

  6. powerkyter Says:
    November 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 am

    Yep, you sure can, but don't get caught in N.Y. city
    with it.
    Here's the law:
    http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi
    Go for it!!!
    References :
    Air gunner 16 yrs

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