It’s Illegal to carry a BB gun or slingshot in Nome Alaska
well, yet another useless law, this time from Nome, Alaska
13.25.050 Possession of airguns and similar devices.
(a) No person shall have in his or her physical possession, nor shall discharge, an airgun, bow and arrow, or slingshot within the city.
(b) The prohibitions of subsection (a) of this section do not apply to possession or discharging in authorized locations, or to transporting along a direct course between authorized locations, provided the device is not loaded while en route.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) “Airgun” means a BB gun, pellet gun or similar device which launches a projectile upon the release of compressed gas; and
(2) “Authorized locations” means and includes occupied residences, operational vehicles, premises in which such devices are sold or displayed, and facilities designed for indoor charges.
(Ord. O-93-6-6 1 (part), 1994)
1) there are similar laws across the U.S.
2) BB guns CAN cause severe injury. 4.5 mm steel BBs and .177 caliber pellets can certainly kill, and have on a few occasions. 6mm plastic BBs are far less likely to cause a fatal injury, but can blind someone.
3) using pellet guns for protection is a bad idea for a number of reasons, not the least of which is if you pull one on a bad guy who’s armed with a real firearm, you may find yourself dying of lead poisoning, with no real way to defend yourself.
4) Why do so many people misspell “retarded” on teh interwebs?
Is it legal to carry a hand pellet gun, in the back of your car for protection?
maybe they will arrest someone for bullet proof . help me ppl
ya, its stupid for someone to get arrested for a slingshot .
Have any of you been to Alaska? There was probably some crazy Natives, that decided to see if they could kill their neighbor with a slingshot and a B.B. gun. And the law is only in Nome, who lives in Nome?
is it illegal for me to ride around with a bow and arrows in the backseat or trunk of my car?
the bow and arrows are locked in a hard case. how many idiots have robbed someone or a bank with a bow? THIS MANY,0 i want to buy my sons bb guns but because its so fouled up here i will not. i’ll let them shoot mine :).
they treat them like firearms when in FACT they ARE NOT. a firearm uses an explosion to propel a projectile. not a burst of compressed air,or a spring loaded plunger. NJ says that you must be atleast 18 to buy, thats fine.
but them having to be logged into the same book as an actual firearm is stupid,having to have a card to buy any firearm in NJ is stupid,as well as having to have a card to buy an air rifle,pistol or bb pistol or bb firing long gun.
Bill in Williamstown NJ
If you have pulled this BB gun out on someone. Could police tell the diffrenc between the real thing.
Gay and retatrde
you shoulnt have allowed the police to inspect your car in the first place. second, a bb gun looks exactly like a gun so it is a replica…are bb guns legal in manhattan?…to posess at least…
i had a b.b gun in my trunck of my car in ocean city an i got a charge for it i can’t belive it im charge with some thing dat’s fake an can’t do any evil police say u cant have a b.b gun in ocean city how was i 2 know this i live in mongomery county an u can’t go 2 jail for haveing a b.b gun in ur trunck , im charge with gun replica how is a b.b gun a gun replica????????????