# Do I need to get a liscense to buy and sell BB Guns and/or airsoft rifles.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 8, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-get-a-liscense-to-buy-and-sell-bb-guns-and-or-airsoft-rifles/660495 "2013-06-08T20:14:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![TNWPsycho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-get-a-liscense-to-buy-and-sell-bb-guns-and-or-airsoft-rifles/660495/1 "2013-06-08T20:14:24Z")

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My business buys from a sporting goods distributor and until recently never had any sort of firearms for sale.

In 2013 they now have a few models of BB gun and a couple airsoft rifles.

I do not plan on getting into any higher caliber but might be fun to get some BB guns on the shelves.

My question is, will i need a permit for this? I cannot find any information on it.

My store is in Wisconsin.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-get-a-liscense-to-buy-and-sell-bb-guns-and-or-airsoft-rifles/660495/2 "2013-06-08T21:35:11Z")

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No federal laws, perhaps at the state or local level. I believe NYC, for example, doesn’t allow toy guns that are not vividly colored.

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**Author:** ![TNWPsycho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-get-a-liscense-to-buy-and-sell-bb-guns-and-or-airsoft-rifles/660495/3 "2013-06-08T21:37:24Z")

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Was able to find a little blurb in a Wisconsin law book that just said…“Wisconsin does not recognize BB guns as a firearm as long as there is an orange marking around the tip”

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-get-a-liscense-to-buy-and-sell-bb-guns-and-or-airsoft-rifles/660495/4 "2013-06-08T23:04:44Z")

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Legal questions go in IMHO. Moved from General Questions.

**samclem** , moderator