There are no official figures on how many of the high-capacity magazines sold after the judge’s decision. “For people shot by the second magazine, it really matters.” “I think about the numerous shootings that are often stopped when someone jumps in when the shooter is reloading,” said Josh Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. They have long sought to purge the state of high-capacity magazines, arguing that would-be mass shooters prefer them for the same reason they are popular among enthusiasts: They allow more bullets to be fired more quickly without reloading. Supporters of California’s gun laws, though, are cringing at what they called the partial undoing of two decades of work over seven days. Thanks to the judge’s ruling, Michel said, “hundreds of thousands of law-abiding gun owners purchased probably more than a million of these self-defense tools that had been unavailable for almost 20 years.” While California has long banned the retail sales of the magazines, possession of them has remained legal. “There was a huge pent-up demand for these standard-capacity magazines,” said Chuck Michel, a lawyer for the National Rifle Association and the president of the California Rifle and Pistol Association, contending that the magazines that have been off-limits should not be referred to as “high-capacity.” But not before it triggered a celebratory frenzy as dealers courted customers in California, many offering discounts amid a mass shift of inventory to the Golden State. The ruling in San Diego by Judge Roger Benitez, who said the sales ban on the magazines violated the Second Amendment, was stayed last week pending a challenge to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The run on high-capacity magazines from March 29 to April 5 - so fervid that online traffic from gun enthusiasts around the state crashed at least one retail website - was hailed as “Freedom Week” by the California Rifle and Pistol Association and criticized as an alarming safety breach by gun-control advocates. James / The Chronicle 2019 Show More Show LessĪ ban on the sale of ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds has been a linchpin of California’s efforts to prevent mass shootings for nearly two decades.īut in the span of a single week after a federal judge temporarily set aside the prohibition, hundreds of thousands of the devices, if not millions, made their way into the hands of state residents, industry leaders say. But, the judge halted ruling now as it gets appealed.
For a week, state residents could buy the ammo legally for the first time in California since 2000. Last week, a federal judge ruled that California's law banning high capacity magazines (they hold more than 10 rounds) is unconstitutional. James / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of2 A high capacity magazine (left) has 15 rounds and the magazine to the right has 10 rounds at Coyote Point Armory, in Burlingame, Calif., on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. The magazine on the left has 10 rounds and the magazine to the right has 17 rounds. Due to issues with overseas delivery, we are temporarily shipping to UK addresses only.1 of2 Gun store owner John Parkin holds two magazines inside Coyote Point Armory in Burlingame, Calif., on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.
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