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A high-capacity magazine ban is a law which bans or otherwise restricts detachable firearm magazines that can hold more than a certain number of rounds of ammunition. For example, in the United States, the now-expired Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 included limits regarding magazines that could hold more than ten rounds.
The types of acts prohibited vary among the ten jurisdictions; most prohibit manufacturer, sale, or possession, but some states' laws are narrower (Maryland law does not ban possession of high-capacity magazines) while other states' laws are broader (some states also ban the transfer, transportation, or acquisition of high-capacity magazines ...
The bill had three provisions: to make illegal the manufacture, importation, sale or offer, or to give or lend any large-capacity magazine as defined as having the capacity to accept more than ten rounds; the addition of a "generic" definition list to the existing Roberti-Roos legislation; and the exemption to allow on and off duty and retired ...
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Once the governor signed the law, on Tuesday, owners of high-capacity magazines in the state had 180 days to modify the banned components, surrender them to police or transfer them to people in ...
The state Attorney General’s Office said a clerk at the store rang up the illegal gun magazines as 9 mm ammunition. Lakewood gun shop violated ban on sale of high-capacity magazines. Here’s ...
On August 14, 2020, a 9th circuit court ruled the ban on high capacity magazines unconstitutional. "Gun owners cannot immediately rush to buy high-capacity magazines because a stay issued by the lower court judge remains in place," according to the Associated Press. [29]
Attorney General Matthew Platkin will help lead a lawsuit asserting that large-capacity magazines are not protected by the Second Amendment.