Federal Appeals Court Throws Out California Ban On Large-Capacity Gun Magazines

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Federal Appeals Court Throws Out California Ban On Large-Capacity Gun
Magazines
August 14, 20205:14 PM ET
Vanessa Romo

(I guess this means the duty issued Sig-Sauer, totally stock,
that I carried for years, would continue to be legal!)

The ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Friday rolls back
California's ban on the sale of ammunition magazines containing more
than 10 bullets.
Seth Perlman/AP

In a blow to gun control activists, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled on Friday that California's ban on large-capacity
ammunition magazines is unconstitutional, violating the Second Amendment.

In a 2 to 1 decision, the panel of judges found that such firearm
magazines are protected arms under the Second Amendment and are not
"unusual arms" that would fall outside its scope.

Large-capacity magazines, also called high-capacity, are defined in the
law as magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. In recent
years, they have been used in several mass shootings ending in
widespread carnage. The shooters behind attacks in Dayton, Ohio, and El
Paso, Texas, in 2019 and the 2017 Las Vegas massacre all used such
magazines to kill and injure dozens if not hundreds of people within
minutes.

"California's near-categorical ban of LCMs infringes on the fundamental
right to self-defense," Judge Kenneth K. Lee wrote in the majority opinion.

"It criminalizes the possession of half of all magazines in America
today. It makes unlawful magazines that are commonly used in handguns by
law abiding citizens for self-defense. And it substantially burdens the
core right of self-defense guaranteed to the people under the Second
Amendment."