Posted: 7/23/2006 4:25:01 PM EDT
a texan friend of mine wanted to know if he can bring over an his airsoft pistol in NJ and give it as a gift to me for texans it's a kids toy but for us jerseyans it's an assualt pistol with a deadly hi-cap than can over penetrate one sheet of paper. what's the deal on this? GO or NO GO...
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Wow, we thought this be hard. Something like an airsoft is substantially identical to real thingy.  BTW what is the regulation with regards to this toys? If I'm not mistaken a man in NJ was charge of illegal firearm discharge when he squirted his airsoft to scare away a duck.
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Amazingly enough Airsoft guns are illegal in NYC, but not for the reason you think. NYC has some pretty strong laws on airguns -- if it's spring or air propelled it's not legal. However, the good airsoft guns are in fact battery powered -- meaning it's not an airgun. However, it's still a replica gun, and must be brightly colored and have a solidly plugged barrel in order to be legal. So it fails under that law. Moral of the story: everything fun is illegal in NYC. |
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Here in NJ some stores has plastic toy guns on display that has the bright orange tip on the barrel. If Airsoft in NJ is treated as a firearm then law applies. NO folding stock, flash hider ( never heard of airsoft that flashes ) Hi caps and many many more Can an airsoft be used in garage or basement target plinking.
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There is a technicality there, which is that the airsoft gun is a spring-air device that is automatically cocked by a battery powered motor, instead of muscle power. |
I can't generalize for all airsoft guns, but the one I owned had a thing that looked like a miniature water wheel that flung the pellets out of the barrel. No spring propulsion. Others may differ. |
Was that one of the mini ones? The full size SMGs and Rifles use a partially toothed gear that draws a piston back on a spring and drops it. |