Air gun laws in Pennsylvania

§ 6304. Sale and use of air rifles. (a) Sale or transfer of air rifles.-- (1) It shall be unlawful for any dealer to sell, lend, rent, give, or otherwise transfer an air rifle to any person under the age of 18 years, where the dealer knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, the person to be under 18 years of age, or where such dealer has failed to make reasonable inquiry relative to the age of such person, and such person is under 18 years of age. (2) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give, lend, or otherwise transfer any air rifle to any person under 18 years of age, except where the relationship of parent and child, guardian and ward or adult instructor and pupil exists between such person and the person under 18 years of age.
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(2) Nothing in this section shall prohibit sales of air rifles: (i) By wholesale dealers or jobbers. (ii) To be shipped out of this Commonwealth.
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"Air rifle." Any air gun, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, B-B gun, or any implement that is not a firearm, which impels a pellet of any kind with a force that can reasonably be expected to cause bodily harm. The term does not include a paintball gun or paintball marker as defined in section 2707.2 (relating to paintball guns and paintball markers).

(b) In addition to any other penalties, any person who sells or offers for sale at retail to a minor, any air
gun, spring gun, or any implement, not a firearm, which forcefully impels a pellet of any kind, in violation of
subsection 10-810(3)(a), shall have committed a Class III offense and shall be subject to the fines set forth in
subsection 1-109(3), and upon referral from the Police Department the Department of Licenses and
Inspections, after providing notice and an opportunity to be heard, may suspend the commercial activity license
of such person for no less than six months and no more than one year.

(4) Toy or Imitation Firearms.
(a) No person shall sell or offer to sell, possess or use or attempt to use or give away, any toy
or imitation firearm which substantially duplicates or can reasonably be perceived to be an actual firearm
unless:
(.1) The entire exterior surface of such toy or imitation firearm is colored white, bright
red, bright orange, bright yellow, bright blue, bright pink or bright purple, either singly or as the predominant
color in combination with other colors in any pattern; or
(.2) Such toy or imitation firearm is constructed entirely of transparent or translucent
materials which permits unmistakable observation of the imitation or toy firearm’s complete contents; and
(.a) The barrel of such toy or imitation firearm, other than the barrel of any such
toy or imitation firearm that is a water gun, is closed with a blaze orange plug, permanently affixed, of the
same material of which the toy or imitation firearm is made, for a distance of not less than one-half inch from
the front end of said barrel; and

§ 1272.1 Applicability. This part applies to toy, look-alike, and imitation firearms ("devices") having the appearance, shape, and/or configuration of a firearm and produced or manufactured and entered into commerce on or after May 5, 1989, including devices modelled on real firearms manufactured, designed, and produced since 1898. This part does not apply to: (a) Non-firing collector replica antique firearms, which look authentic and may be a scale model but are not intended as toys modelled on real firearms designed, manufactured, and produced prior to 1898; (b) Traditional B-B, paint-ball, or pellet-firing air guns that expel a projectile through the force of compressed air, compressed gas or mechanical spring action, or any combination thereof, as described in ASTM F589-85, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Powder Guns.
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(c) Decorative, ornamental, and miniature objects having the appearance, shape and/or configuration of a firearm, including those intended to be displayed on a desk or worn on bracelets, necklaces, key chains, and so on, provided that the objects measure no more than thirty-eight (38) millimeters in height by seventy (70) millimeters in length, the length measurement excluding any gun stock length measurement.
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§ 1272.2 Prohibitions. No person shall manufacture, enter into commerce, ship, transport, or receive any toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm ("device") covered by this part as set forth in § 1272.1 unless such device contains, or has affixed to it, one of the markings set forth in § 1272.3, or unless this prohibition has been waived by § 1272.4.
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§ 1272.3 Approved markings. The following markings are approved by the Consumer Product Safety Commission: (a) A blaze orange (AMS STD 595A-17 color 12199) or orange color brighter than that specified by the AMS standard color number, solid plug permanently affixed to the muzzle end of the barrel as an integral part of the entire device and recessed no more than 6 millimeters from the muzzle end of the barrel. (b) A blaze orange (AMS STD 595A-17 color 12199) or orange color brighter than that specified by the AMS standard color number, marking permanently affixed to the exterior surface of the barrel, covering the circumference of the barrel from the muzzle end for a depth of at least 6 millimeters. (c) Construction of the device entirely of transparent or translucent materials which permits unmistakable observation of the device's complete contents. (d) Coloration of the entire exterior surface of the device in white, bright red, bright orange, bright yellow, bright green, bright blue, bright pink, or bright purple, either singly or as the predominant color in combination with other colors in any pattern.

Air Guns: Mailable air guns (refer to 431.7 ) that do not fall within the definition of firearms under 431.1 and are capable of being concealed on a person are mailable, but must include Adult Signature service per DMM 503.8. Mailers must comply with all applicable state and local regulations.

Air Guns: Air guns (refer to 431.7 ) that do not fall within the definition of firearms under 431.1 (a) are mailable. Shipments containing air guns with a muzzle velocity of 400 or more feet per second (fps) must include an Adult Signature service per DMM 503.8.