Overturned CA gun magazine ban explained | What is legal?

Gun dealer describes confusion, complexity in California’s new gun laws California lawmakers and voters passed a slew of new gun and ammunition laws in 2016 that will significantly affect the state’s more than 6 million firearms owners. Gun dealers say the overlapping laws have created confusion. By × California lawmakers and voters passed a slew of new gun and ammunition laws in 2016 that will significantly affect the state’s more than 6 million firearms owners. Gun dealers say the overlapping laws have created confusion. By A court order striking down California’s ban on high-capacity magazines drew cheers from gun rights advocates and criticism from gun control supporters[1]. But what did it actually do? The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action laid out an explanation[2] on Wednesday cautioning that gun owners still face some risk if they buy the previously banned magazines from out-of-state dealers. The court order could be put on hold or overturned, and that could put the purchaser in violation of California law, the NRA said. “Should an individual order ‘large capacity’ magazines from an online distributor, and during the shipping process a subsequent order from a court stays the enforcement of the injunction, (the section of the penal code prohibiting high-capacity magazines) will once again be in effect,” the NRA said. The NRA was among the Second Amendment activist groups to oppose California’s Proposition 63, the high-capacity magazine ban, and the organization assisted in challenging the voter-approved law. Technically, the restriction against large-capacity magazines, defined as an ammunition-feeding device capable of holding more than 10 rounds, has been unenforceable since June 29, 2017 because of legal challenges. As a result, gun-owners were able to

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