"High Capacity" Magazines

At least 36 people were shot, eight of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. 

A report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicates Americans own over 700 million ammunition magazines with a greater than ten-round capacity.

Oregon Court of Appeals refused Friday to override a hold in place on certain state-level gun controls by Harney County Circuit Judge Robert Raschio.

On Monday, Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge Gary Bashor found Washington state’s “high capacity” magazine ban violated both the U.S. Constitution and Washington state’s constitution. 

Indiana State Sen. Ron Alting (R) is pushing legislation to ban “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines, and also to raise the minimum legal age for certain long gun purchases. 

President Joe Biden spoke on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day and reiterated his belief that it is time to “ban the number of bullets that go in a magazine.”

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed legislation Wednesday night banning commonly owned semiautomatic rifles and magazines which Democrats consider “high capacity.” 

The Oregon Department of Justice is asking a district judge to temporarily block the permit-to-purchase requirement contained in recently passed Ballot Measure 114 (BM 114).

Democrat lawmakers in Illinois are pushing an “assault weapons” ban, a minimum age requirement of 21 years to buy a firearms, and a ban on ammunition magazines holding more than ten rounds. 

During a Sunday interview President Joe Biden told Now This News that he is pushing to limit gun owners to having no more than “eight bullets in a round.”

A ballot initiative that will be placed before Oregon voters this fall would ban “high capacity” magazine sales and require a permit for firearm purchases. 

MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill on Wednesday argued against “high-capacity” magazines on guns in the United States.

The Supreme Court of the United States vacated and remanded a number of cases centered on an “assault weapons” ban, a “high capacity” magazine ban, and carry restrictions.

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee (D) signed legislation this week banning ammunition magazines that hold more than ten rounds and giving current owners of said magazines six months to surrender them.

Customers are flooding into gun shops in Washington to acquire “high capacity” magazines prior to a July 1, 2022, state ban on the sale of such magazines. 

Joe Biden’s gun control policy includes a provision that could require Americans to pay a $200 federal tax for every “high-capacity” magazine they currently own.

Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden claimed on Sunday that a ban on “assault weapons” and “high-capacity” magazines would save lives.

Former ESPN host J.A. Adande took heat after responding to a U.S. Appeals Court ruling by asking now “high capacity” magazines can be constitutionally protected since “they didn’t exist when the Second Amendment was written.” 

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday against California’s ban on ‘Large Capacity Magazines’ (LCMs) holding more than ten rounds.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) is pushing a ban on “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines as state lawmakers convene this week in legislative session.

The NRA will be handing out 1,000 30-round magazines in the Virginia Capitol City of Richmond Monday as part of the fight against Gov. Ralph Northam’s (D) gun grab.

During a Concord, New Hampshire, campaign stop Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden criticized the ownership of magazines that hold “100 clips.”

Sen. Amy Klobuchar claimed during Thursday’s Democrat debate that a magazine capacity ban would have saved lives during the El Paso shooting.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is pushing $550 in fees for law-abiding citizens who want to own and carry a gun for self-defense. 

U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez issued a partial stay in the judgement against California’s “high capacity” magazine ban.

CA DOJ is asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to stay its recent ruling against the state’s ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds.

Lake County Circuit Court Judge Luis Berrones issued a permanent injunction Friday barring enforcement of Deerfield, Illinois’ “assault weapons” ban.

Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday that New Zealand has officially banned “military-style” semiautomatic rifles and “high-capacity” magazines.

Sheriffs in rural Washington state are reportedly refusing to enforce the gun controls contained in an initiative passed by voters in November 2018.

Dick’s Sporting Goods admitted their post-Parkland corporate gun control decisions hurt business during the last quarter. 

Facebook is asking banks to share customer’s financial information in a climate where corporate America is blacklisting gun manufacturers and businesses or groups that support the Second Amendment.

Citibank used a March 22 “Commercial Firearms Policy” to announce a requirement that gun stores quit selling “high capacity” magazines in order to do business with the bank.

The Illinois House passed a bill requiring 18-20 year olds to hand over or transfer ownership of heretofore legally possessed “assault weapons.”

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) stated she hopes President Trump’s statements at a gun violence discussion “can be a lesson for the Congress that Republicans need to finally allow Congress” to pass reforms like banning assault

Dick’s Sporting Goods gun salesman Griffin McCullar resigned from hia job this week, citing a refusal to work in an environment dominated by “liberal policies.”

The NYT ran a column on February 9, 2018, suggesting Ruger Firearms would be pro-gun control if founder William B. Ruger Sr. were still alive.