Below are the laws and ordinances for the city of San Antonio, Texas concerning airguns, BB guns, pellet guns and airsoft guns:
Sec. 21-14. Air gun, paint ball gun or spring gun; furnishing to minor.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person within the city to sell, or give to, or place in the possession of, any person under the age of sixteen (16) years, any gun which discharges a bullet or missile by means of compressed air, or any gun discharging a bullet or missile by means of a spring.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, discharge or bring into a public park any gun, which discharges a bullet, missile or paintball by means of compressed air, gas propellant, or any gun discharging a bullet, missile or paintball by means of a spring. It shall be an affirmative defense to any charge that written permission was provided by the director of parks and recreation for a special event.
(Ord. No. 2008-04-17-0317, § 3, 4-17-08)
Editor’s note—
Ord. No. 2008-04-17-0317, § 3, adopted April 17, 2008, amended section 21-14 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Formerly, section 21-14 pertained to air gun or spring gun; furnishing to minors, and derived from the Code of 1950, § 41-19, and the Code of 1959, § 26-26.
Cross reference— Regulation of firearms and weapons, § 21-151 et seq.
ARTICLE VI. REGULATION OF FIREARMS AND WEAPONS San Antonio, Texas Code of Ordinances
Cross reference— Furnishing air gun or spring gun to minor, § 21-14; furnishing toy gun, explosives to minors, § 21-15; carrying loaded rifle or shotgun, § 21-16; certain knives prohibited, § 21-17
In addition to the laws of the city of San Antonio, the state of Texas has the follow law concerning airguns:
Texas allows Airsoft guns to be owned but most cities require that the Airsoft guns be discharged only while outside city limits. There are currently no laws regulating the possession or use of “Air-guns” other than for use in small game hunting.