usmarine0352_2005
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It seems we are losing the magazine fight in all the courts. I can't think of the last court where we won.
Are we going to lose the right to own standard 30 round magazines?
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sunnyvale-s-gun-limit-uphold-in-court-5291401.php
It seems we are losing the magazine fight in all the courts. I can't think of the last court where we won.
Are we going to lose the right to own standard 30 round magazines?
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sunnyvale-s-gun-limit-uphold-in-court-5291401.php
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Judge Upholds Sunnyvale’s Ban On High-Capacity Gun Magazines
March 5, 2014 4:28 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A judge on Wednesday upheld a San Francisco Bay Area city’s ban on gun magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets, the second similar ruling from a federal court in less than a month.
He cited a National Rifle Association report that found Americans who used their firearms to defend themselves fired an average of 2.1-2.2 shots.
Although opponents of the ordinance offered several anecdotes about people who needed high-capacity weapons to protect themselves, Whyte said the "burden on Second Amendment rights ... is relatively light" and was far outweighed by the "compelling government interest in public safety" that the new law promotes.
Whyte was somewhat more receptive to the challengers' claims, agreeing with them that guns with large-capacity magazines are in common use and are therefore not particularly "dangerous and unusual," a category that the Supreme Court said could be prohibited. But he said the law's opponents had failed to show, at least so far, that it would substantially interfere with their right of self-defense.
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