Also a BB or pellet gun is not considered a firearm in Minnesota. A quick search showed this. Unless something has changed.
A BB gun is not a firearm. And a pellet gun, airsoft or other air-powered gun isn’t a firearm either.
The Minnesota Supreme Court said:
“The issue before us in Haywood was not whether a “firearm” must be a weapon. Rather, the issue before us in Haywood was whether a BB gun that used “compressed air,” and not “gunpowder” or some other “explosive force,” was a “firearm” under Minn. Stat. § 609.165, subd. 1 (2014). 886 N.W.2d at 489-90 (stating “[w]e… hold that an air-powered BB gun is not a firearm”). We did not consider or decide whether a device must be a weapon to be a “firearm.” Today, we conclude that a device must be a weapon to be a “firearm” under Minn. Stat. § 624.713, subd. 1.”
State v. Glover, 952 NW 2d 190 (Minn. Supreme Court 2020)