Brief Overview Of New Jersey State Laws Concerning Air Guns
Under New Jersey state law all air guns are considered firearms and are subject to the same laws a regualtions as traditional firearms.
In order to obtain an air gun, a person must get a permit to purchase a handgun.
New Jersey prohibits anyone from knowling possessing an air gun in any other place other than ones private property or place of business with a permit to carry if the air gun has sufficient force to injury a person.
How old do you need to be to purchase a BB gun, airgun, air rifle or pellet gun in New Jersey?
In New Jersey you must be 18 Years Old to purchase a BB gun, airgun, air rifle or pellet gun.
New Jersey State Laws Regarding Air Guns
13:54-1.1 Firearms purchaser identification cards and permits to purchase handguns
This subchapter prescribes the requirements and procedures for the issuance of firearms purchaser identification cards, permits to purchase handguns and the general rules for holders of such permits and identification cards.
13:54-1.2 Definitions
The words and terms used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:
“Ammunition” means various projectiles, including bullets, missiles, slugs or balls together with fuses, propelling charges and primers that may be fired, ejected, projected, released, or emitted from firearms or weapons. “Firearm or firearms” means any handgun, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, assault firearm, automatic or semi-automatic rifle, or any gun, device or instrument in the nature of a weapon from which may be fired or ejected any solid projectile, ball, slug, pellet, missile or bullet, or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing, by means of a cartridge or shell or by the action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or explosive substances. It shall also include, without limitation, any firearm which is in the nature of an air gun, spring gun or pistol or other weapon of a similar nature in which the propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas, or vapor, air or compressed air, or is ignited by compressed air, and ejecting a bullet or missile smaller than three-eighths of an inch in diameter, with sufficient force to injure a person.
f. “Firearm” means any handgun, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, automatic or semiautomatic rifle, or any gun, device or instrument in the nature of a weapon from which may be fired or ejected any solid projectable ball, slug, pellet, missile or bullet, or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing, by means of a cartridge or shell or by the action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or explosive substances. It shall also include, without limitation, any firearm which is in the nature of an air gun, spring gun or pistol or other weapon of a similar nature in which the propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas or vapor, air or compressed air, or is ignited by compressed air, and ejecting a bullet or missile smaller than three-eighths of an inch in diameter, with sufficient force to injure a person.
BB, Pellet & black powder weapons Permit required:
A Permit to Purchase a Handgun must be completed on each handgun transferred in this state. It is the responsibility of the seller of the handgun to ascertain that the buyer has a valid Permit to Purchase a Handgun and one additional form of identification. The information on the Handgun Purchase Permit must match the identification of the transferor. (i.e., name address, DOB, sex, etc.) The permit must be completed by the seller and buyer. It is the responsibility of the seller to forward the copies to the appropriate authority. Instructions are printed on the permit.
Local Firearms Ordinances
The following counties and cities have regulations concerning the use and transportation of firearms. The number or numbers following that County name indicate the regulations listed below for that particular county. In addition, certain counties have ordinances other than those listed, primarily pertaining to possession of firearms near parks or schools, hunting or discharging firearms near populated areas, residences, or buildings, and age limitations for possession of loaded firearms on public roads. If a locality is not listed, state firearms restrictions apply;
(Note: each location as a number next to it, those number correspond to a number below which has the ordinance beside it.)
Accomack – 43
Albemarle -16, 54
Amherst – 18
Arlington – 59
Buckingham – 12, 60
Caroline – 6, 17
Campbell – 11
Charles City – 7, 33, 42
Chesapeake – 29, 46
Chesterfield – 7, 14, 21, 22, 37, 54, 70
Clarke – 25, 54
Culpeper – 18, 22, 54
Cumberland – 5, 17, 27, 74
Danville – 54
Dinwiddie – 12, 13, 38
Essex – 7, 42, 49
Fairfax – 2, 25, 45
Fauquier – 14, 18, 22, 36, 37, 54
Franklin – 26
Fredericksburg (city) – 2, 18, 30, 51, 54, 64
Gate City – 55
Gloucester – 14
Goochland – 9, 10, 23, 33, 77
Greensville – 15, 22
Halifax – 33, 61, 75
Hampton (city) – 31, 45
Hanover – 7, 20, 46, 53
Isle of Wight – 8, 12, 35
James City – 40, 54
King and Queen – 39, 42
King George – 6, 17, 22, 26, 54
King William – 17, 18, 28
Lancaster – 6, 12, 26
Loudoun – 18, 22, 54, 62, 63, 64, 65
Louisa – 17, 27, 68
Lunenburg – 17
Madison – 22, 25, 54
Mecklenburg – 27
Middlesex – 26
Nelson – 22
New Kent – 8, 12, 25, 54
Newport News – 1
Northampton – 7, 53
Northumberland – 17, 26, 42, 54
Orange – 18, 22, 34
Petersburg – 54
Pittsylvania – 26
Poquoson (city) – 22, 69, 71, 72
Prince George – 4, 7, 32, 43
Prince William – 2, 12, 18
Rappahannock – 18
Richmond – 7, 66, 67, 68
Richmond (city) – 54
Roanoke – 25, 54, 64, 77, 79
Southampton – 3, 8, 19, 41, 80
Stafford – 81, 82
Suffolk – 44, 52, 76
Surry – 7, 53, 54
Sussex – 7, 48, 73
Virginia Beach – 2, 7, 54, 56, 57, 58
Warren – 54
Westmoreland – 50
Williamsburg – 1, 54
York – 46, 47
Air Gun Ordinances As Mentioned Above
1. No discharge of firearms except on approved ranges.
2. No rifles larger than .22 for hunting.
3. It is unlawful to hunt with a muzzle loading shotgun loaded with slugs or sabot slugs.
4. Deer hunting with a rifle of a caliber larger than .22 rim fire is prohibited in the county. However, hunting of groundhogs with a rifle of a caliber larger than a .22 rim fire between March 1 and August 31 is permitted , and a rifle of a caliber larger than a .22 rim fire may be used for hunting all other game, bird, and varmint species as allowed by state law and regulations. Deer hunting with a shotgun loaded with slugs is permitted so long as such hunting is conducted from a stand located at least ten feet in elevation above the ground.
5. It is lawful to hunt groundhogs with rifles of a caliber larger than .22 rim fire during the season between March 1 and August 31.
6. No rifles larger than .22 for hunting except groundhogs outside of the regular hunting season.
7. No rifles for deer hunting.
8. No rifles for big game hunting.
9. It shall be unlawful to hunt in the county with a rifle, pistol, or revolver of a caliber larger than .22 caliber or with a shotgun loaded with slugs, except that rifles of a larger caliber and pistols or revolvers firing cartridges rated in manufacturers’ tables at 350 foot pounds of energy or greater may be used to hunt from a stand elevated at least 10 feet from the ground, provided that no cartridge shall be used with a bullet of less than .23 caliber.
10. It shall be unlawful to have in immediate possession any hunting firearm other than a muzzle loading rifle while hunting with a muzzle loading rifle during the early muzzleloader season.
11. It shall be unlawful to hunt with a firearm on or within the ditch line of any primary or secondary highway.
12. It is lawful to use muzzle loading rifles for game animals in the regular hunting season.
13. It is lawful to hunt deer with muzzle loading rifles only from stands elevated 10 feet.
14. It is unlawful to hunt from the road with firearms.
15. It is unlawful to hunt with firearms from the road and within 10 feet of the ditch bank.
16. It is unlawful to hunt within 100 feet of the road.
17. Muzzle loading rifles are permitted during any authorized deer season where firearms are permitted.
18. It is unlawful to hunt with a firearm within 100 yards of a road.
19. It is unlawful to transport, possess or carry a loaded rifle in any vehicle while on the road from October 1 through February 15.
20. It shall be unlawful to discharge or shoot any firearm or other weapon in or along any public road or street or within 100 yards thereof or within 100 yards of any building occupied or used as a dwelling or place where the public gathers, not his own dwelling or residence.
21. Except for target shooting, no person shall shoot an arrow from a bow with a peak draw weight of 10 pounds or more within 150 feet of a business, public building, public gathering, public meeting place, or dwelling of another unless they have the permission of the dwelling owner or occupant.
22. It is unlawful to possess a loaded firearm on the road except when permission to hunt is obtained from landowners on each side.
23. It is unlawful to transport, possess, or carry a loaded shotgun or loaded rifle in any vehicle on any public street, road, or highway within the county during the time between sunset and sunrise.
24. No rifles over .22 caliber for hunting except for groundhogs between March 1 and August 31.
25. No hunting with firearms of game species from within 100 yds. of a road.
26. No hunting with firearms of any game animal from the road right-of-way.
27. No hunting with firearms from the road including ditch to ditch.
28. No hunting with a rifle larger than .22 caliber during the deer season.
29. When 100 yds. from a road and elevated from a stand 15 ft. above ground a rifle may be used to hunt big game east of the Dismal Swamp line.
30. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt any bird or game animal using a muzzle loading rifle or a shotgun loaded with slugs, except from a stand elevated at least 10 feet above the ground.
31. All hunting within the City of Hampton is prohibited, with the exception of shotgun hunting from a licensed blind. No shot larger than 00 buckshot may be used, and no shot shall be discharged landward within 500 feet of the shoreline.
32. It is lawful to hunt deer with muzzle loading rifles only from stands elevated at least 10 feet above the ground; however, this requirement shall be expressly inapplicable to all legally handicapped persons.
33. The use of a muzzle loading rifle shall be permitted during the early muzzle loading season and during the entire regular firearms season for deer hunting.
34. It is unlawful to transport or possess a loaded shotgun or rifle in a vehicle on a road during open deer season.
35. It shall be unlawful to possess outside of a vehicle, or shoot or hunt with a rifle, muzzleloader, pistol, or shotgun loaded with slugs, or to possess shotgun slugs on Ragged Island Wildlife Management Area in Isle of Wight County. In addition, it shall be unlawful to discharge any firearm within 100 yards of the boardwalk or nature trail on Ragged Island Wildlife Management Area.
36. It is unlawful to discharge a firearm from or across any sidewalk, highway or on public land.
37. It is unlawful for minors to carry firearms on public highways or public lands unless accompanied by certain adults.
38. It shall be unlawful to use a rifle of a caliber larger than .22 rim fire except that groundhogs may be hunted with a rifle of a caliber larger than .22 rim fire between March 1 and August 31 and coyotes may be hunted for the entire year.
39. It shall be lawful to use muzzle loading rifles for deer and squirrels during the regular seasons.
40. It shall be unlawful to discharge a rifle larger than .22 caliber, a muzzleloader larger than .36 caliber, or a shotgun loaded with slugs except from stands elevated at least 10 feet above the ground, except for groundhogs in certain areas between March 1 and September 1.
41. It shall be unlawful to hunt with a muzzle loading rifle at any time.
42. It shall be unlawful to use a rifle of a caliber larger than .22 rim fire except that groundhogs may be hunted with a rifle of a caliber larger than .22 rim fire between March 1 and August 31.
43. It shall be unlawful to hunt with a firearm on or within 50 feet of the center of any primary and secondary highway.
44. Rifles are permitted for bear and deer hunting when used from stands elevated at least 15 feet above the ground (except legally handicapped hunters are exempt from tree stand requirements).
45. All rifles, pistols, or shotguns loaded with slugs are prohibited for any hunting.
46. Discharging firearms or air-operated or gas-operated weapons prohibited within certain areas: check local county/city ordinances.
47. No discharge of rifles larger than .22 except on approved ranges.
48. Muzzle loading rifles are permitted during the special muzzle loading season.
49. Muzzle loading rifles are permitted during any authorized firearms season for the hunting of game animals except for the hunting of turkeys during the spring gobbler season.
50. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt in the county with a shotgun loaded with slugs or a muzzle loading rifle other than during the prescribed open season for the hunting of big game species or with a rifle of a caliber larger than .22 caliber.
51. It shall be unlawful to shoot an arrow from a bow in a manner that can be reasonably expected to result in the impact of the arrow upon the property of another without permission from the owner or tenant of such property.
52. It shall be unlawful to discharge a firearm or air gun of .177 caliber or larger within any densely populated area: within 200 yards from any structure or within 100 yards from any public street, secondary road, or highway within the city, except on a permitted firing range or at or upon the property of another without permission.
53. It is lawful to hunt deer with muzzle loading rifles.
54. It is unlawful to transport, possess, or carry a loaded rifle or shotgun in any vehicle on any public street, road or highway.
55. It shall be unlawful for any person in the town, except a duly authorized officer in the course of his duty, to fire or discharge any gun, pistol, or other firearms of any kind.
56. No discharge of firearms across or within 150 yards of any building, dwelling, street, sidewalk, alley, roadway, public land, or public place.
57. No discharge of firearms north or west of a line from the Chesapeake-Virginia Beach boundary; thence northwardly along North Landing Road; thence eastwardly along Indian River Road; thence northeastwardly along New Bridge Road; thence eastwardly along Sandbridge Road to the Atlantic Ocean, or across any land north of False Cape Park and east of Shipps Bay and Point Creek. No discharge of rifles larger than .22 south of this line except muzzle loading rifles may be used to hunt deer during the firearms deer season.
58. Shotguns firing pellets are lawful on certain agricultural lands of 50 contiguous acres or more, and on certain lands south of a line from the Chesapeake-Virginia Beach boundary, thence northeastwardly along Elbow Road; thence southeastwardly along Salem Road; thence northeastwardly along North Landstown Road; thence southeastwardly along Princess Anne Road; thence eastwardly along Sandbridge Road to the Atlantic Ocean. The property must be permitted by the City Manager for this purpose.
59. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or shoot off a firearm in the county. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or shoot or throw any dangerous missiles by mechanical, explosive, air- or gas-propelled means, or similar method or device onto or across any public sidewalk, path, or roadway, at any public structure or building, or at or onto the property of another. It is unlawful for any person to shoot a compound bow, crossbow, longbow, or recurve bow at or upon the property of another without permission. It shall be unlawful to discharge a projectile from any of the aforementioned bows within 100 yards of any public road, public building or structure, private residence or structure, or property of another. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to prohibit the use of firearms or other instruments or missiles or compound bows, crossbows, longbows, or recurve bows in lawful self defense or in the lawful defense of property, or to prohibit the use of firearms or other missiles or compound bows, crossbows, longbows, or recurve bows in supervised sport, recreation, or training conducted on safety-inspected and approved ranges and courses, provided the same is not contrary to existing law.
60. It shall be unlawful to hunt with a rifle larger than .22 caliber rim fire, except any center-fire rifle of a larger caliber may be used to hunt from a stand elevated at least 10 feet from the ground. It shall be unlawful to have a loaded center- fire rifle of any caliber .23 or larger except while hunting from a stand elevated ten feet above the ground. The maximum number of rounds that may be loaded in a center-fire rifle shall not exceed five, including the round loaded in chamber. It shall be unlawful for anyone under the age of 12 to use any center- fire rifle caliber .23 or larger for deer hunting purposes without direct adult supervision. Any person with a permanently disabling physical handicap as recognized by the VDGIF shall be exempt from an elevated stand provision of this ordinance.
61. It is unlawful to hunt or attempt to hunt on a primary or secondary state maintained highway, and within the side ditches of such highways.
62. Discharging firearms is prohibited within certain areas (check local county ordinance for area description), except deer hunting is permitted with handguns, shotguns, or muzzle loading rifles using a single projectile and all other hunting is allowed with rifles of .22 caliber rim fire or less, handguns, shotguns, and muzzle loading rifles using single or multiple projectiles.
63. The discharge of firearms is prohibited within 50 yards of a highway in the primary or secondary system of state roads.
64. Discharge of firearms is prohibited within 100 yards of any public park or school.
65. Discharge of firearms is prohibited within 100 yards of a building with a current occupancy permit unless the owner or authorized agent has given permission.
66. Muzzleloaders shall be legal firearms during any firearms season.
67. Shotgun slugs shall be permitted for deer hunting.
68. It shall be unlawful to hunt with a rifle larger than .22 caliber, except rifles of a larger caliber may be used for hunting groundhogs and coyotes outside the general firearms deer season.
69. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge an air gun, spring gun, or firearm from, along, across or toward, or within 300 yards of any paved public street, highway or road, or any building in the city.
70. It shall be lawful to hunt game species with a muzzle loading rifle during the prescribed open seasons.
71. The discharge or use of a rifle, except for a .22 caliber rim fire is prohibited within the city limits.
72. The use of muzzle loading rifles during the prescribed open seasons for the hunting of game species is permitted in the city; provided, however, that the use of such muzzle loading rifle shall be only from a stand located at least 10 feet above the ground.
73. No rifles for turkey hunting.
74. It is unlawful to hunt deer during the regular hunting season with a rifle of .23 caliber or larger either on public lands or in the area of the county bordered to the north by the James River, to the west by Route 602 from the Willis River, and to the south by Route 45 and Route 684 to the county line (generally known as Cartersville Historic District); except from a tree stand elevated at least 10 feet above the ground. It shall be lawful to hunt with a muzzle loading rifle from the ground or from a tree stand elevated to any height.
75. No person shall hunt using a rifle larger than a .22 caliber rim fire within a 100 yards of any residence or occupied building without the written approval of the owner or lessee of the property. It shall be unlawful to discharge a rifle larger than .22 caliber rim fire from an elevated stand within 100 yards of an adjoining property line without first obtaining written permission of the owner or, if different than the owner, the occupant of the adjoining property or within 100 yards of any public street or primary or secondary state-maintained highway.
76. Muzzle loading rifles are permitted during the open seasons for hunting game species from stands elevated at least 10 feet above the ground (except legally handicapped hunters are exempt from tree stand requirements). No early muzzleloader season east of the Dismal Swamp Line.
77. It shall be unlawful to engage in hunting with a firearm within the right-of-way of any primary or secondary highway.
78. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in hunting with a firearm or to discharge a firearm within 100 yards of a dwelling house or occupied building not his or her own.
79. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in hunting with a bow or to discharge arrows from bows within 100 yards of a dwelling house or occupied building not his or her own. A “bow” includes all compound bows, crossbows, longbows, and recurves that have a peak draw weight of 10 pounds or more. The term “arrow” means a shaft like projectile intended to be shot from a bow.
80. It shall be unlawful to hunt with a rifle larger than .22 caliber rim fire, except rifles of a larger caliber may be used for hunting groundhogs and coyotes between March 1 and August 31.
81. It shall be unlawful to shoot or hunt within 100 yards of any regularly occupied structure without written permission of its owner or occupant or within 100 yards of any private road located in a subdivision where lots are 10 acres or more without written permission of the owner or occupant.
82. It shall be unlawful to shoot or hunt on any county property including, but not limited to, schools, parks, pools, the courthouse and other county offices.
New Jersey Air Gun Hunting Regulations
New Jersey allows air gun hunting for certain species. .177 to .22 calibers must have velocities greater than 600 feet per second. These species include:
• Cottontail rabbit
• Hare
• Gray Squirrel
Air Gun Laws In Local Jurisdictions
In addition to state laws, local jurisdictions may also have their own laws regulating air guns. Below are the laws for local jurisdictions in the state of New Jersey.
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY – AIR GUN LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 9.20 FIREARMS Berkeley Heights Township, New Jersey Code of Ordinances
9.20.010 Unlawful to fire or discharge firearms.
It is unlawful for any person to fire or discharge any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, automatic and semiautomatic rifle, or other firearm as the term is commonly used, or any gun, device or instrument in the nature of a weapon from which may be fired or ejected any solid projectile, ball, slug, pellet, missile or bullet, or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing, by means of a cartridge or shell or by the action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or explosive substances. Also any firearm which is in the nature of any air gun, spring gun or pistol, carbon-dioxide or compressed-air gun or pistol, or other weapon of a similar nature in which the propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas, or vapor, air or compressed air, or is ignited by compressed air, and ejecting a bullet or missile smaller than three-eighths (3/8) of an inch in diameter, with sufficient force to injure the person.
(Prior code § 42-1)
Chapter 12.04 PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS
12.04.010 Prohibited activities.
No person in a public park and recreation area shall:
18. Carry or possess firearms of any description or air rifles, spring guns, bows and arrows, slings or any other forms of weapons potentially inimical to wildlife and dangerous to human safety or any instrument that can be loaded with and fire blank cartridges or any kind of trapping device. Shooting into park areas from beyond park boundaries is forbidden;
GLEN RIDGE, NEW JERSEY – AIR GUN LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 9.24 WEAPONS – Glen Ridge Borough, New Jersey – Code of Ordinances
9.24.010 – Carrying weapons.
It is unlawful for any person within the limits of the borough to carry without lawful authority, any revolver, pistol, air pistol or gun or CO2 pistol or gun, or other firearm or other instrument of the kind known as a blackjack, slingshot, blowgun or similar device, billy sand club, sand bag, bludgeon, metal knuckles, chain, metal studded belts or razor, dagger, dirk, dangerous knife, stiletto, bomb or other high explosive concealed in or about his or her clothes or person or in any vehicle, carriage, motorcycle or other vehicle.
(Ord. 856 § 1(24), 1966)
9.24.020 – Discharging weapons.
It is unlawful for any person within the limits of the borough to discharge without reasonable cause any revolver, pistol, air pistol or gun, or CO2 pistol or gun or other firearm, toy pistol, air gun or slingshot or bean-shooter or any similar device, bow and arrow (including compound bow and cross-bow), dart gun or blow gun, throwing star or knives, at any place whether private or public, within the borough.
(Ord. 1321 § 1, 1999)
HARRISON, NEW JERSEY – AIR GUN LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 9.08 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND DECENCY – Harrison, New Jersey – Code of Ordinances
9.08.020 – Discharge of firearms or use of slingshot restricted.
No person shall discharge any firearm or air gun or use a sling-shot within town limits, unless the place for the discharging of the firearm is a target range suitable and safe for the purpose, and used only after written permission has been obtained for the purpose and place by the chief of police from the governing body of the town. This section shall not apply to an officer of the law in the lawful discharge of his duty.
(Ord. 355 § 12, 1951)
JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY – AIR GUN LAWS AND REGULATIONS
ARTICLE III Reporting of Lost or Stolen Firearms Jersey City, New Jersey Code of Ordinances
163-8. Definitions.
For the purposes of this Article the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Firearm” shall mean any handgun, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, automatic or semi-automatic rifle, or any gun, device or instrument in the nature of a weapon from which may be fired or ejected any solid projectable ball, slug, pellet, missile or bullet, or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing, by means of a cartridge or shell or by the action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or explosive substances. It shall also include, without limitation, any firearm which is in the nature of an air gun, spring gun or pistol or other weapon of a similar nature in which the propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas or vapor, air or compressed air, or is ignited by compressed air, and ejecting a bullet or missile smaller than three-eighths of an inch in diameter, with sufficient force to injure a person.
Borough of MAGNOLIA, NEW JERSEY – AIR GUN LAWS AND REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 140. FIREARMS – Magnolia, New Jersey – Code of Ordinances
8.140-1. – Discharge of firearms restricted.
The discharge of any firearms, bow and arrow, crossbow, slingshot, air gun, spring gun, gas gun or any other device which impels a projectile through the use of force is prohibited in the Borough of Magnolia.
8.140-2. – Exceptions.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
- Any duly appointed law officer in the course of his or her official duty.
- The use of firearms when necessary for the preservation of human life.
- The use of firearms when hunting in conformity with the applicable laws and regulations of the State of New Jersey.
D. Use of a firearm on a licensed pistol, rifle or firearm range and under the supervision of the police department.
8.140-3. – Violations and penalties.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY – AIR GUN LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 9.20 FIREARMS New Brunswick, New Jersey Code of Ordinances
9.20.020 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
“Firearm” or “firearms” means and includes any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, automatic or semi-automatic rifle, or other firearm as the term is commonly used, or any gun, device or instrument in the nature of a weapon from which may be fired or ejected any solid projectile, ball, slug, pellet, missile or bullet, or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing, by means of a cartridge or shell or by the action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or explosive substances.
It also includes, without limitation, any firearm which is in the nature of an air gun, spring gun or pistol, carbon dioxide or compressed air gun or pistol, or other weapon of similar nature in which the propelling force is a spring, carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas, or vapor, air or compressed air, or is ignited by compressed air, and ejecting a bullet or missile smaller than 3/8 of an inch in diameter, with sufficient force to injure a person.
“Pistol” or “revolver” means and include any firearm with an overall length of less than twenty-six (26) inches, or a shotgun having a barrel or barrels of a length less than eighteen (18) inches, or a rifle having a barrel length less than sixteen (16) inches.
“Rifle” and “shotgun” means and includes all other firearms with overall length of twenty-six (26) inches or greater, provided the length of the barrel or barrels, if a shotgun, is eighteen (18) or more inches, and if a rifle is sixteen (16) or more inches.
“Machine gun” or “automatic rifle” means any weapon, mechanism or instrument not requiring that the trigger be pressed for each shot and having a reservoir, belt or other means of storing and carrying ammunition, which can be loaded into the weapon, mechanism or instrument and fired therefrom.
“Cannon” or “destructive device” means any instrument or object designed to explode or produce uncontrolled combustion, including (1) any explosive or incendiary bomb, mine or grenade; (2) any rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces or any missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one quarter of an ounce; (3) any weapon capable of firing a projectile of a caliber greater than .60 caliber, except a shotgun or shotgun ammunition generally recognized as suitable for sporting purposes. The term does not include any device manufactured for the purpose of illumination, distress signaling, line throwing, safety or similar purpose.
(Prior code § 28-1)
9.20.030 Discharge prohibited.
No person shall fire or discharge within the limits of the city any rifle, shotgun, cannon or other destructive device, machine gun, automatic rifle, pistol, revolver, or firearm of any description.
(Prior code § 28-2)
Chapter 12.28 PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS* New Brunswick, New Jersey Code of Ordinances
12.28.090 Firearms, weapons and tools.
No person shall have or carry, whether or not concealed upon his or her person, any pistol, revolver or other deadly weapon or any instrument or weapon commonly known as toy pistol or in which or upon which loaded, or blank cartridges may be used, or any loaded or blank cartridges or ammunition therefor, or any tools or instruments, skeleton keys, picklocks, jimmies or other things known or used as burglar tools, except when authorized by law. No person shall bring into the parks or have in his or her possession therein any rifle, shotgun or fowling piece or any air gun, spring gun, sling shot or other similar instrument or weapon.
(Prior code § 11-3.6)
SAYREVILLE, NEW JERSEY – AIR GUN LAWS AND REGULATIONS
CHAPTER XVII PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS Sayreville Borough, New Jersey Code of Ordinances
17-1 PUBLIC PARK RULES AND REGULATIONS.
17-1.1 Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish rules and regulations concerning the conduct of the public in the use and management of public parks and recreational facilities and areas within the Borough.
(Ord. #1342, § 1)
17-1.2 Application of Provisions. The Rules and Regulations as set forth in this section shall apply to all persons, associations, partnerships and corporations that shall use the public parks and recreational areas within the Borough.
(Ord. #1342, § 2)
17-1.3 Rules and Regulations for Conduct Enumerated. The rules and regulations for the conduct of all persons is as follows:
r. Firearm Prohibition. No person shall carry or possess firearms of any description, or air-rifles, spring-guns, bows and arrows, slings or any other forms of weapons potentially inimical to wildlife and dangerous to human safety or any instrument that can be loaded with and fire blank cartridges or any kind of trapping device. Shooting into park areas from beyond park boundaries is forbidden except instructional classes, such as archery as shall be under the direction of official Borough authorization.
s. Picnicking. No person shall picnic or lunch in a place other than those designated for that purpose.
Disclaimer
These rules and regulations were compiled to the best of my ability. The information on this article should not constitute as legal advice. Always check with your local jurisdiction for the final ruling.