A baseball bat in a baseball game is not a weapon, a baseball bat sitting next to you in a car for self protection is a weapon.
The moment you say "rifle" or "gun" the vast majority of the population will think weapon and no amount of discussion with them will change that.
An airgun to shoot at paper may or may not be considered a weapon. The second you purchase or use it to hunt it's a weapon. On the far end of the scale anyone that thinks a large caliber pellet rifle capable of taking out boar or elk is not a weapon is not being objective in their belief.
At the end of the day the only definition that matters is the definition of the laws where you are currently in possession of said air rifle.
The moment you say "rifle" or "gun" the vast majority of the population will think weapon and no amount of discussion with them will change that.
An airgun to shoot at paper may or may not be considered a weapon. The second you purchase or use it to hunt it's a weapon. On the far end of the scale anyone that thinks a large caliber pellet rifle capable of taking out boar or elk is not a weapon is not being objective in their belief.
At the end of the day the only definition that matters is the definition of the laws where you are currently in possession of said air rifle.
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