Large-capacity magazines that were owned before the law was put in place are still illegal. Some states and the District of Columbia do not allow pre-owned large-capacity magazines to be grandfathered. It is illegal to sell, transfer, or possess large-capacity magazines, and pre-owned large-capacity magazines are grandfathered (allowed).
For example, in Colorado, the legal magazine capacity is 15 rounds. These states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont.Įach of these nine states has its own specific regulations regarding capacity limit, prohibited acts of large-capacity magazines, and the treatment of pre-owned large-capacity magazines. However, nine states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws banning large-capacity magazines. The federal ban on large-capacity magazines has ended. This act expired in 2004 but did work to reduce the use of large-capacity magazines in crime down to 10%. In 1994, Congress adopted the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which banned the manufacture, transfer, and possession of semi-automatic weapons and made it unlawful to transfer or possess large-capacity ammunition feeding devices. The shooter killed 50 people and injured hundreds. He was using an assault rifle with a bump stock and large-capacity magazine. For example, the Las Vegas shooter in 2017 was able to shoot 90 rounds within ten seconds without having to reload. Large-capacity magazines have been used in most of the ten of the deadliest U.S.
Large-capacity magazines enable a shooter to fire repeatedly without taking the time to reload, increasing the shooter's ability to injure and kill large numbers of people in a short amount of time.
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