California High Cap Magazine Ban Bill Fails Today

[dc dalton]

A proposal that would have banned ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets failed Thursday in the state Legislature.

SB396 by Democratic Sen. Loni Hancock of Berkeley was placed in the inactive file, a day after it failed to gain enough votes to pass the Assembly.

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/breakingnews/ci_24086130/legislation-ban-high-capacity-magazines-fails

 

[tyeo098]

but the move to shelve the legislation came the same week that two Democratic state lawmakers in Colorado were recalled by voters after supporting gun control legislation.

They're afraid!!

 

[tomrkba]

No, they're smart.

They'll let things blow over and then attach it to some law to save the endangered Northern California chihuahua.

 

[fastbolt]

Nice. Thanks for the link.

 

[Midwest]

California High Cap Magazine Ban Bill Fails Today

Congratulations

 

[OilyPablo]

When hippies grow up, they want to control everything. Hippies in the old days were just for free stuff.

 

[Midwest]

At one time 40 years ago, the hippies were protesting in the streets with "Power to the People". Now that they are in power they seem to be giving the message of "Lets Oppress the People".

 

[HOME DEPOT GEORGE]

They already passed a law banning firearms with detachable magazines so it's a moot point.

 

[gbran]

How did this differ from current CA law regarding 10 rnd mags?

 

[Torian]

Sorry gents, California is screwed whether or not this mag ban is passed. Those who have weapons with detachable mags which require registration will only be offering them up for seizure once grandfathered weapons are also banned at a later date.

 

[SwissArmyDad]

Semi-auto bill (SB374, i think) can still be vetoed by Jerry Brown before Oct. 13, 2013

 

[fastbolt]

How did this differ from current CA law regarding 10 rnd mags?

It would have eliminated the exemption for the existing legally-owned hi-cap mags that were "grandfathered" when the state's mag/feeding device capacity law was enacted. Previously lawfully owned hi-caps would become unlawful contraband.

This would have affected private citizens who owned pre-ban hi-cap mags, as well as retired LE (who may have kept their hi-cap mags upon retirement). It would have also restricted active/working LE, if I recall, limiting their possession of hi-cap mags to only those actually issued by their appointing authority.

There would have been a time period stated for existing (previously lawfully possessed) hi-cap mags to be disposed of, destroyed, or taken out-of-state.

 

[ChaoSS]

Sorry, but they are certainly not afraid. They just passed the bill to ban most semi automatic rifles, the few bills that didn't pass were not because they wanted to support our rights, or they were afraid, they merely knew that they would never stand up in court. Unlawful taking, as it were.


The "assault weapons" ban will hopefully meet that fate in the courts, but they didn't care about that, I suppose.

 

[SwissArmyDad]

Bill was vetoed by Brown, just fyi.

 

[Frank Ettin]

Old news and dead issue at this point.