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Fish and Wildlife explains S.231 amendments to address powerful air weapons and enforcement issues
Summary
Fish & Wildlife staff and witnesses walked the Natural Resources & Energy Committee through proposed changes in S.231 that would clarify prohibitions and penalties for certain air rifles and other high‑power air weapons, and asked the committee to adopt language that captures modern projectiles without unintended breadth.
Justin Stedman, identified in the meeting as “director of the ward of service,” and department staff described proposed language for S.231 aimed at bringing air‑powered weapons into statute where existing language did not capture them.
Stedman told the committee the department intended the change to cover “air rifles of various types” that are “incredibly lethal, incredibly capable, tremendous range,” and that current statutes do not clearly address those implements. He said the department’s approach was to use a term such as “projectile” so the law would capture bullets, bolts (short crossbow arrows), and similar missiles without needing frequent…
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