disclaimer : while it is technically legal to bring in the bbgun from out of state, since the nj law only restricts the sale, not possession, it is un-neccisary to bring it to a police department to get registered, and it is most likely illegal for you to discharge it, since most discharge laws dont make a distinction between bb guns and real guns, and if your doing this because you cant fire your real gun in your back yard, you are going to be SOL

 

Thank you for stating it clearly theiqcrew... sometimes it is difficult getting other to understand how things actually work here in NJ. :doh:

 

Regards,

 

Bill

What's funny about all this is, I went through the trouble of registering this plastic piece of junk and making sure everything was kosher, and I have absolutely nowhere to use it! (The range I belong to doesn't allow bb guns to be used there). Gotta love it.

What's funny about all this is, I went through the trouble of registering this plastic piece of junk and making sure everything was kosher, and I have absolutely nowhere to use it! (The range I belong to doesn't allow bb guns to be used there). Gotta love it.

Do you have a basement? I have a pellet trap set up across mine.

Here's a question, does NJ consider Airsoft guns the same as BB guns? I got a little clear plastic Mossberg 590 replica I bought from Walmart in PA for a Halloween costume and I wanted to take it into the back yard to shoot some cans with it since I have some 1000 plastic pellets that came with it.

 

 

No, Airsoft and Paintball are NOT Considered firearms in NJ, and are, thus far, unregulated.

 

I wouldn't say unregulated. I haven't found a single paintball field in NJ you can buy or use a full auto paintball gun. The last guy I talked to said they are illegal in NJ.

Here's a question, does NJ consider Airsoft guns the same as BB guns? I got a little clear plastic Mossberg 590 replica I bought from Walmart in PA for a Halloween costume and I wanted to take it into the back yard to shoot some cans with it since I have some 1000 plastic pellets that came with it.

 

 

No, Airsoft and Paintball are NOT Considered firearms in NJ, and are, thus far, unregulated.

 

I wouldn't say unregulated. I haven't found a single paintball field in NJ you can buy or use a full auto paintball gun. The last guy I talked to said they are illegal in NJ.

 

He's wrong they are not firearms, so it doesnt matter if they are full auto or not. That's just his Field's policy.

can I shoot paintballs to scare the deer out of my backyard? When I was younger, my neighbor once asked my mom if I was "hunting" deer with my paintball gun in the backyard when I was tuning it's velocity. She threatened to call the police on me for hunting deer with it.

 

If she ever did, I would have left a severed deer head on her front step with a red bow on top.

 

It's also legal to practice arrow shooting on private land with a proper backdrop, correct?

I don't think you can be charged with any firearm laws for discharging a paintball gun in your backyard...but maybe other charges. Disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct or creating a nuisance maybe? But if you shoot it at someone or an animal, it can be considered a weapon, right?

I would not register a gun in NJ. Not necessary. Give them information they do not need to have.

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Edit: See below.

I don't think you can be charged with any firearm laws for discharging a paintball gun in your backyard...but maybe other charges. Disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct or creating a nuisance maybe? But if you shoot it at someone or an animal, it can be considered a weapon, right?

 

 

Correct, but it STILL isnt a firearm. Yet's use the worst-case scenario, you light up some random passerby. you would be charged with Aggravated Assault (2C:12-2), Possession of an Unlawful weapon (2C:39-5d) and Possessio of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose (2C:39-4d) the "d" in the weapon charged denote "Other" weapon, A pencil, if you stab someone with it, becomes a weapon and you would be charged under this same statute.