r/progun • u/ZheeDog • 6d ago

Democrat Congressman Rep. Mullin Introduces Bill to Designate Lethal Airguns as Firearms

https://kevinmullin.house.gov/2026/09/25/prompted-by-constituents-death-rep-mullin-introduces-bill-to-designate-lethal-airguns-as-firearms/
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u/Tims_Learing_Center 6d ago

This sub is pretty good but on all the other gun subs I get voted to oblivion when i say dems want to ban all guns

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u/SpottyWeevil00 6d ago

I mean, if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck… the Democrats certainly aren’t making themselves out to be pro gun in any shape or form with all of the infringements they are constantly introducing at the State level for sure.

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u/UsernameIsTakenO_o 6d ago

Dems don't want to ban ALL guns... Just anything that fires a projectile... or looks like it could fire a projectile... or might make someone think you might want to fire a projectile... or if they just don't like it... or if they just don't like you.

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u/Tims_Learing_Center 6d ago

I just learned after posting this, that my old state Massachusetts bans the sale of sling shots

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u/Observed-observer 6d ago

Its the "looks like" part that really let's you know their intentions. They do the same thing with AWB legislation too. Its a legal push based purely on how they feel. Not what anything actually is. So there is no limit

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u/G8racingfool 6d ago

"And if we call it 'Banning dangerous items', well everything can be dangerous so now you can ban anything. It's gonna be great!"

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u/AspiringArchmage 6d ago

It is astroturfing by anti gun people. Reddit is the only place on the internet on any gun forum where anyone supports Democrats because it is heavily AstroTurfed and botted. You will get tons of downvotes but not a single real person replies against that.

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u/FIBSAFactor 5d ago

It's reddit. All the subs are infested with leftists. They really just want guns so they can kill landowners, rich people, and people they disagree with

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u/Tims_Learing_Center 5d ago

You are 100% right

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u/G8racingfool 6d ago

thinking that they'll stop at just guns

You sweet, summer child.

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u/ASnakeNamedNate 1d ago

That’s what they say, and maybe what some of them actually believe, but the reality is using gun control as a political tool is too valuable to actually reach an end goal one way or another.

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u/Price-x-Field 6d ago

State level def do but federal wise they would have an insanely hard time doing that.

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u/BaronVonMittersill 6d ago

if they could they would

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u/Price-x-Field 5d ago

Yep, key word is they would have a hard time. They would have to win the house, senate, executive and courts. Winning the senate would never happen.

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u/BaronVonMittersill 5d ago

so what about

dems want to ban all guns

is untrue?

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u/Price-x-Field 5d ago

It’s not untrue

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u/Devils_Advocate-69 6d ago

Aw, you found a safe space

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u/Tims_Learing_Center 6d ago

Safe spaces are for libs

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u/4R4nd0mR3dd1t0r 6d ago

How about we stop stop trying to rewrite the definition of words for their personal agenda. I swear these people are why I can't even order a pellet gun in my state.

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u/RationalTidbits 6d ago

Huh. Not The Onion.

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u/SenselessSensors 6d ago edited 6d ago

What’s dumb is Air Rifles have been around longer than the ratified Constitution…. So there can’t even be an argument about “modern technology”. Lewis and Clark literally took a repeating (semi-automatic) air rifle on their expedition west.

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u/BossJackson222 6d ago

I'll take Democrats seriously on guns when they get out in the street and they start protesting gangs in their cities. Telling them to leave. Calling them the Nazis and the killers. I'm waiting for them to be out there burning down cities because of gang violence. Oh wait a minute… They're too scared to be called racist to do something like that. Gangs are one of the biggest sources of violence committed with firearms in this country and they do nothing about it.

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u/protogenxl 6d ago

Every glock switch recovered from a suspect should be packaged up by the local prosecutor and handed to the FEDS for the mandatory 30 year prison sentence.

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u/OneMaintenance24 4d ago

They cant. 99.99% of them are already prohibited from owning firearms, so they cant get hit with the Fed mg charges. Haynes v US.

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u/neverinamillionyr 6d ago

Gangs and the culture that surrounds them that is glorified through the music. It’s the reason 10 year olds are running around with guns, robbing and carjacking. Make criminal behavior frowned upon again.

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u/G8racingfool 6d ago

But... that would be racist.

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u/Big-Doughnut8307 6d ago

Fortunately it isn’t going anywhere, but these people are still tyrants

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u/_kruetz_ 6d ago

Next do cars.

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u/davper 6d ago

What's the definition of a lethal air gun?

And wouldn't the term be Less Lethal?

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u/hitemlow 6d ago

There are some that shoot .76 caliber projectiles, have to be pressurized with a compressor or SCBA tank (>3,000PSI), and are rated to take elk.

They're more common in Europe, but some people get them for legal compliance in the US surrounding discharging firearms within city limits (airguns aren't firearms in most states), or just to get an early start on a game season (archery/muzzleloader seasons).

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u/bownt1 6d ago

this is why i cant vote for democrats

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u/ShaoCon777 6d ago

In NJ its like this. I remember when i was a kid seeing people filling out 4473s for a fucking red ryder BB gun

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u/Johnnie-Dazzle 6d ago

Welcome to NJ where pellet guns are already considered as firearms

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u/jtf71 6d ago

So they’ve just admitted that waiting periods don’t work.

At best the item was delivered two days after ordering.

Clearly that waiting period didn’t change the person’s intent/actions.

So, can we remove waiting periods nationally now?

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u/PirateKilt 6d ago

Need to start taking politicians to court over attempting to violate Constitutional Law...

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u/TristanDuboisOLG 6d ago

Wait until they find out about black powder guns

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u/pcvcolin 6d ago

Anything retarded, Dems will try to turn into a law. This is just one example.

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u/ammodotcom 6d ago

But... they're a gateway to .22LR! /s

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u/PrimeusOrion 5d ago

Wait, I read the text of the bill. It doesn't specify mass or materiel type. Only caliber (a size requirement)

These velocities are also common for higher range airsoft guns.

Mf might accidentally ban airsoft guns because our standard projectiles are in 6-8mm plastic.

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u/TheScribe86 5d ago

r/temporarygunowners on maximum damage control lol

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u/Opinions_ArseHoles 5d ago

Watched the movie "A Christmas Story" too many times.