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Washingtonians’ right to purchase high-capacity magazines was briefly restored last year, when on April 8 a Cowlitz County Superior Court judge ruled that the state’s ban on sales of high ...
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.
Washington was one of several states to pass laws prohibiting high-capacity magazines and bump stocks, which enable a semiautomatic to mimic the speed of a machine gun. | Opinion
A Second Amendment sanctuary, also known as a gun sanctuary, is a state, county, or locality in the United States that has adopted laws or resolutions to prohibit or impede the enforcement of certain gun control measures which are perceived to violate the Second Amendment, such as universal gun background checks, high capacity magazine bans, assault weapon bans, red flag laws, etc. [1] [2 ...
A law requiring background checks for all gun-show sales was favored by 92 percent of Americans and a law banning the sale and possession of high-capacity magazines (defined by the poll as those capable of holding more than 10 rounds) was supported by 62 percent of Americans. A record-high 74 percent opposed a ban on handguns and 51 percent ...
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 ...
An Act to provide for a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun, and for the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system to be contacted by firearms dealers before the transfer of any firearm. Enacted by: the 103rd United States Congress: Effective: February 28, 1994: Citations; Public law: 103-159: Statutes at ...
The petition is due to SCOTUS on June 5. From there, justices will decide whether to take up the matter.