Found this, self defense... Found it interesting for these troubled times

[Lonestar10]

Delaware prohibits the possession, sale or control of any weapon that, by compressed air, discharges or projects a pellet, slug or bullet, except a B.B. or air gun that is not capable of discharging or projecting a pellet or slug larger than a B.B. shot.


...the way i read this....paintball guns are illegal period as they are larger than a BB.

Connecticut generally prohibits any person from carrying a “BB gun”.Connecticut also generally bans the knowing possession of a BB gun in a vehicle.

dont buy a bb gun and bring it home?

Hawaii

Hawaii prohibits any person, including licensed manufacturers, licensed importers, and licensed dealers, from possessing, selling, gifting, or delivering electric guns. “Electric gun” is defined under state law to mean “any portable device that is electrically operated to project a missile or electromotive force.” The following persons are not prohibited from carrying electric guns:

Law enforcement officers;
Conservation and resource management officers;
Members of the Army or Air National Guard; or
Vendors to any of these listed individuals, provided certain conditions are met.

Electric guns possessed in violation of the law shall be confiscated.

no personal tazers in Hawaii i take it.

Illinois excludes from the definition of firearms any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or B-B gun which expels a single globular projectile not exceeding .18 inch in diameter or which has a maximum muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet per second or which expels breakable paint balls containing washable marking colors.

so pepper balls would turn your paintball gun into a "firearm"

New Jersey defines all non-powder guns as firearms, subjecting these guns to all regulations and restrictions applicable to firearms. To obtain a BB or pellet handgun, a person must obtain a permit to purchase a handgun.

North Dakota defines “dangerous weapon,” to include “any weapon that will expel, or is readily capable of expelling, a projectile by the action of a spring, compressed air, or compressed gas including any such weapon, loaded or unloaded, commonly referred to as a BB gun, air rifle, or CO[2] gun. Thus, except where otherwise specified, any law in the Criminal or Weapons sections of the North Dakota Century Code that refers to dangerous weapons is applicable to non-powder guns

Rhode Island defines all non-powder guns as firearms, ensuring that felons and other persons prohibited from possessing firearms are similarly barred from possessing dangerous non-powder guns.


this is all i could find in 5 minutes for non powder weapons. glad i live in none of em.