Below the the laws and ordinances concerning airguns, BB guns, pellet guns and airsoft guns for the city of Denver, Colorado:
DIVISION 2. – WEAPONS AND MISSILES
Sec. 38-129. – Air, gas or spring operated guns.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any minor to buy, carry on their person or discharge any air gun, gas operated gun or spring gun discharging metal pellets or BB shot.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any air gun, gas operated gun or spring gun discharging metal pellets or BB shot, to any minor.
(d) It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian or other person having legal control or custody of any minor to allow the minor to carry on their person, or to discharge any air gun, gas operated gun or spring gun discharging metal pellets or BB shot.
(e) Nothing in this section shall prevent any person from carrying or discharging any air gun, gas operated gun or spring gun discharging metal pellets or BB shot, in any shooting gallery or on any private grounds or residence under circumstances which such instruments can be carried, discharged or operated in such a manner as not to endanger persons or property, and also in such a manner as to prevent a projectile discharged from any of such instruments from traversing any grounds or space outside the limits of such gallery, grounds or residence.
(Code 1950, § 845.13)
ARTICLE III. – OFFENSES AFFECTING MINORS
Sec. 34-46. – Other wrongs to minors.
(f) A weapon, for purposes of this section, shall include, but not be limited to, any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, air gun, gas operated gun, spring gun, sling shot, blackjack, nunchaku, brass knuckles, artificial knuckles of any substance whatsoever, or any switchblade knife, gravity knife, or any knife having a blade greater than three and one-half (3½) inches in any length, or any explosive device, incendiary device or bomb.
(g) A firearm, for the purposes of this section, means a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, air gun, gas operated gun, or spring gun.
In addition to the Denver’s laws and ordinances, residents should also be aware of Colorado’s state laws concerning airguns, BB guns, pellet guns and airsoft guns. These laws include:
Colorado provides for mandatory expulsion from public school for carrying, bringing, using or possessing, without proper authorization, a pellet or BB gun, whether operational or not, designed to propel projectiles by spring action or compressed air.1 Colorado does not otherwise regulate non-powder guns.
Colorado State Air-gun laws:
1.Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-33-106(1)(d)(I), (II)(B).
(d) (I) Serious violations in a school building or in or on school property, which suspension or expulsion shall be mandatory; except that expulsion shall be mandatory for the following violations: Carrying, bringing, using, or possessing a dangerous weapon without the authorization of the school or the school district; the sale of a drug or controlled substance as defined in section 12-22-303, C.R.S.; or the commission of an act which if committed by an adult would be robbery pursuant to part 3 of article 4 of title 18, C.R.S., or assault pursuant to part 2 of article 3 of title 18, C.R.S., other than the commission of an act that would be third degree assault under section 18-3-204, C.R.S., if committed by an adult.
(II) As used in this paragraph (d), “dangerous weapon” means:
(A) A firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, or a firearm facsimile that could reasonably be mistaken for an actual firearm;
(B) Any pellet or BB “bee-bee” gun or other device, whether operational or not, designed to propel projectiles by spring action or compressed air;