[VeniVidiVici]

Frankly, the judge instructing the jury to treat this CO2 pistol as a firearm is BS in this particular case. Had he used it in the commission of a felony I'd agree with the state.

[VeniVidiVici]

The accused

[Drago]

No fire/combustion = not a firearm. Wacky judges!

[Pollster1]

The law is wrong to treat this BB gun as a firearm. The judge was wrong to direct the jury to pretend something that was not true. The jury was wrong to listen to the judge. This man should not have been prosecuted.

[Eagles6]

This is a very close replica of a Walther semi. We all know why this miscreant had it and it wasn't for recreation.

He broke conditions of his parole, case closed.

[iontheball]

It is inherently illogical to call an air propulsion weapon a ‘firearm.’ There simply is no firing going on in an air gun. The projectile is propelled by air not fire induced exploding powder. Why can't people use the English language correctly. Just the fact that grown adults are arguing over the issue ought to tell you something is wrong here. There is a due process argument when grown ups sit around arguing about a self-imposed illogical meaning assigned a new definition that makes conduct criminal. Why can't they just call it what it is, an air gun, and be done with it.

[Mashood]

Slingshots are next.

[Joe Boucher]

Better stock up on pellets, the feds will probably start buying em all up to keep you from shooting your eye out.
Or tax each pellet,
or make it so each batch has a signature of material.

[JJ_Folderol]

Not a firearm? Maybe...

http://www.topairgun.com/big-bore-air-rifles

http://www.pyramydair.com/article/_50_Caliber_Dragon_Slayer_Air_Rifle_December_2007/45

[cp124]

Potato gun? Nerf gun?

[Dr. Sivana]

Okay, so if a BB gun counts as a firearm, wouldn’t a slingshot or a spit ball?

Given the courts’ ability to redefine words, there remains only one burning question. Can you marry a BB gun?

[bikerman]

BB guns today Pea shooters tomorrow.

[EnglishOnly]

The Next step.............

Go Door to Door and Confiscate all Rubber Bands, and Fly Swatters, ............YES, it shall be done!

[Slambat]

Minnesota just took the lead on stupidest state over Florida.

[Delta 21]

Cops coulda just shot him when they found it. This whole thing would be forgotten by now.

[apocalypto]

This is crazy.

[Old Sarge]

H/T to our FRiend VeniVidiVici for the post.

Okay, I'd LOVE to hear a few weigh-in's on THIS one...

For thus has the Lord said unto me:
"Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees."
Isaiah 21:6

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[Wisconsinlady]

Peter Billingsley (Ralphie) is now 44 years old and still has not shot his eye out. (Just sayin’)

[jdege]

Minnesota defines a pistol as:

Minn. Stat. 624.712:

Subd. 2.Pistol. “Pistol” includes a weapon designed to be fired by the use of a single hand and with an overall length less than 26 inches, or having a barrel or barrels of a length less than 18 inches in the case of a shotgun or having a barrel of a length less than 16 inches in the case of a rifle (1) from which may be fired or ejected one or more solid projectiles by means of a cartridge or shell or by the action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or explosive substances; or (2) for which the propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, air or other gas, or vapor.

“Pistol” does not include a device firing or ejecting a shot measuring .18 of an inch, or less, in diameter and commonly known as a “BB gun,” a scuba gun, a stud gun or nail gun used in the construction industry or children’s pop guns or toys.