California Democrat Pushes Bill to Redefine BB Guns as Dangerous Firearms * The Gateway Pundit * by Mike LaChance

Kevin Mullin, a House Democrat from California, is now pushing a bill that would redefine BB guns as dangerous firearms.

This is just further proof that Democrats will never, ever stop pushing various forms of gun control. Many Americans become familiar with guns in their youth by owning a BB gun. If you restrict these types of guns, fewer Americans will have that type of experience.

Is that the end goal here?

Breitbart News reports:

U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin introduced legislation Friday to close what he calls “a dangerous gap” by redefining BB and pellet guns as firearms.

If the redefinition were adopted it would require BB and pellet gun buyers to undergo the same background checks that prospective buyers of AR-15s, 9mm pistols, and other firearms are subject to now.

Daisy BB Guns used an X post to comment on the proposed legislation, writing, “[This bill] would include guns like the Daisy 880. Their goal is to eventually include all airguns. If passed it will treat airguns producing ‘high velocity’ as firearms. [The bill] was introduced… to the House of Representatives… it would add all airguns that produce 800 or more feet per second velocities in .177 caliber, and all pellets over .25 caliber.”

If a weapon is powerful enough to kill, it should be subject to the same common-sense safety standards as any other gun. Read more about my bill at https://t.co/mVqPpjtOKE https://t.co/M8xgc3iiZW

— Kevin Mullin (@RepKevinMullin) September 25, 2026

Tom Knighton comments on this at Bearing Arms:

There’s no “loophole” here. They’re not firearms. The law was created around firearms.

Air guns can kill, sure, but the odds of it happening are much slimmer.

I mean, Mullin all but admits it when he points out that it was a single constituent who approached him wanting this. Garrett took his own life, and he did it with an air gun. There’s no mention of how old Garrett was, but I do know that if there was some kind of epidemic of people committing suicide with air guns, we’d have more than just one person asking Mullin for this.

And what about other means of suicide? If we’re going to regulate something that causes a level of serious harm that might not even reach tens of victims, then what about razor blades, rope, car exhaust, and tall buildings?

It’s all about control.

Democrats hate the Second Amendment and do not want average Americans to be armed.