The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld California’s ban on large-capacity magazines on guns Tuesday.
The federal appeals court issued a split decision in upholding the ban, ruling to limit the size of magazines to those that hold 10 or fewer bullets.
The decision reverses a lower court ruling.
It also found the ban imposed by California lawmakers does not infringe on a person’s Second Amendment rights, nor does it impact the ability to defend one’s home.
“The ban on legal possession of large-capacity magazines reasonably supports California’s effort to reduce the devastating damage wrought by mass shootings,” said Judge Susan P. Graber, a Clinton appointee, writing for the majority.
Mass shootings that involved a large-capacity magazine have killed or injured more than twice as many people as those involving smaller-capacity magazines, she wrote.
Many believe the move paves the way for the state to institute an all-out ban on assault-style, semi-automatic weapons.
The case stems from 2017, when a group of large-capacity magazine owners in California sued to block the initial magazine-restricting regulation.
With backing from the National Rifle Association, the group claimed the measure violated individual Second Amendment rights.
That led to the appeal to the full bench of the 9th Circuit by the state’s attorney general.
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Now the perpetrators will have smaller, easier to hide magazines is all they accomplished. Most experienced shooters would rather have to carry 5 10 round clips than two 25 round clips in case one jams they’re half out of business. Large clips tend to rattle and alert the police you are coming, the same reason the military in WWII dropped the 100 round Thompson machine gun magazines for 20 round clips. An experienced shooter can get most jobs done with a six shooter.
Plus if one’s skilled enough, i can put GOOD QUALITY rounds downrange, whether using a 5 round mag, or a 15 round mag…
What else did you expect from the 9th circus?
I HOPED what trump did to them, TURNED THEM around from being a circus..
Guess not.
“Large capacity magazine” is a manufactured phrase designed to gin up fear in people just like the phrase “assault rifle”.
Standard capacity is what the firearms are designed and manufactured with. This can be as few as 5 rounds or possible more than 30.
Second amendment rights loose because the Marxist control the language. We must speak up and educate people who are willing to listen, ignore those who are willfully ignorant and then speak to them when the Constitutional rights they care about are infringed. You may even have to inform them they no longer have the ability to protect the rights they believe important because they were silent, or worse, complicit in the loss of the one right granted by God to defend what He has given them.
Remind people the Bill of Rights are from God. Governments purpose is to defend those rights, not to endorse, grant, remove or alter these rights.
THat’s something i’ve often argued with folks over.. PRACTICALLY EVER AR like weapon, comes with at least ONE “STANDARD 30 round magazine”. YOU have to special order, to get 10 round mags.
SO THAT standard 30 round magazine, is not an “Extended round” mag.. PERIOD.