BB guns in PA

[TommyRuss 6]

Can a NJ resident w/ A valid FID buy a BB gun in Pennsylvania?

[PK90 3,570]

Yes. You don't even need a FPID as a BB gun is not a firearm in America.

[e80hydro 120]

I was in a Wal Mart that was close to the NJ border years ago (Port Jervis) and was asked for my DL when I purchased a BB gun. Upon learning I was a NJ resident, the clerk asked for my FID. They even had a sign hanging at the sporting goods register stating this policy/law. I suppose if you drove further into PA it wouldn't be an issue.

[Malsua 1,422]

I bought a BB gun at Walmart in Valley forge no questions asked.

[muzzelloader69 9]

i go to dicks sporting goods , no questions asked at all .

[halbautomatisch 60]

I was in a Wal Mart that was close to the NJ border years ago (Port Jervis) and was asked for my DL when I purchased a BB gun. Upon learning I was a NJ resident, the clerk asked for my FID. They even had a sign hanging at the sporting goods register stating this policy/law. I suppose if you drove further into PA it wouldn't be an issue.

I'm surprised they busted your chops about a BB gun over there, Most stores in NY, PA and the rest of America have them out on the floor (along with the cheaper ammo). You simply take them off the shelf yourself and bring them up to the register and pay for them like it was any other item in the store.

[average joe 5]

New York and Pennsylvania don't consider a BB rifle or pistol as a real firearm. No permits needed to purchase. I have several rifles and pistols purchased from the Walmart in Easton ( just across the border) with no questions asked.

[GRIZ 3,369]

Only NJ and one other state (Michigan?) consider bb guns firearms.

[TommyRuss 6]

Walmart outside Milford, PA asked for DL and then NJ FID. I was very surprised.

[halbautomatisch 60]

Only NJ and one other state (Michigan?) consider bb guns firearms.

I think it's Mass.

 

I know they have some type of FID up there and consider muzzleloaders firearms just like NJ.

[halbautomatisch 60]

Walmart outside Milford, PA asked for DL and then NJ FID. I was very surprised.

I wonder why.

 

You don't legally need it to buy air guns there, even as a NJ resident.

[Larain60 1]

Watch it with BB handguns -- I believe they need to be on a handgun permit so if you buy one in PA (which is legal for PA residents) and bring it back to NJ you will have a problem.

[BRN169 6]

Watch it with BB handguns -- I believe they need to be on a handgun permit so if you buy one in PA (which is legal for PA residents) and bring it back to NJ you will have a problem.

 

Not really, you only need a pistol permit to purchase a BB pistol in NJ because NJ is violating federal law by regulating the sale of air guns, specifically 15 U.S.C. §5001(g)(ii)... Imagine they charge you with a violation of a state law that is preempted federally for something you purchased in another state. I'd love to be in the courtroom for that case.

[BigHayden 77]

Not really, you only need a pistol permit to purchase a BB pistol in NJ because NJ is violating federal law by regulating the sale of air guns, specifically 15 U.S.C. §5001(g)(ii)... Imagine they charge you with a violation of a state law that is preempted federally for something you purchased in another state. I'd love to be in the courtroom for that case.

 

Actually, they'd probably nail you with violating 2C:39( b ) [or ( d ), not sure if BB guns as "firearms" classifies BB gun pistols as "handguns" or "other weapons"].

 

I don't think there's anything inherently illegal about buying a BB gun (rifle or handgun) in another state and transporting it back to NJ. (That's not to say you couldn't be arrested/charged with something...)