What does the Colorado magazine law prohibit? Does it say you can't buy 15+ round magazines? Or that you can't sell 15+ round magazines? Or that it is illeagal to possess a 15+ round magazine? Are you supposed to hand in or destroy 15+ round magazines? Are you supposed to leave your 15+ round magazines at the border if you move to Colorado? Are there convience stores in border towns with their rows filled with 15+ round magazines instead of candy? Are there vending machines in the border towns filled with 15+ round magazines?
California has a 10+ round magazine ban don't they? What does their law prohibit? I always had the impression that the CA law prohibited possessing 10+ round magazines?
Back in the Clinton days I think the national law was that you could not manufacture or import 10+ round magazines... which drove 10+ round prices up to $125+ while he was in office. I had a Ruger P85 with six 15 round magazines... I was able to swap it straight across for my very lightly used Beretta 92 INOX with two 15 round magazines... I think the gun store sold my magazines in SGN and threw my P85 in the garbage.
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C.R.S.
18-12-302
COLORADO REVISED STATUTES
* This document reflects changes current through all laws passed at the
Second Regular Session of the Sixty-Ninth General Assembly
of the State of Colorado (2014)
and changes approved by the electorate at the November 2014 election *
TITLE 18. CRIMINAL CODE
ARTICLE 12. OFFENSES RELATING TO FIREARMS AND WEAPONS
PART 3. LARGE-CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINES
C.R.S.
18-12-302 (2014)
18-12-302. Large-capacity magazines prohibited - penalties - exceptions
(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, on and after July 1, 2013, a person who sells, transfers, or possesses a large-capacity magazine commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
(b) Any person who violates this subsection (1) after having been convicted of a prior violation of said subsection (1) commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
(c) Any person who violates this subsection (1) commits a class 6 felony if the person possessed a large-capacity magazine during the commission of a felony or any crime of violence, as defined in section 18-1.3-406.
(2) (a) A person may possess a large-capacity magazine if he or she:
(I) Owns the large-capacity magazine on July 1, 2013; and
(II) Maintains continuous possession of the large-capacity magazine.
(b) If a person who is alleged to have violated subsection (1) of this section asserts that he or she is permitted to legally possess a large-capacity magazine pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the prosecution has the burden of proof to refute the assertion.
(3) The offense described in subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to:
(a) An entity, or any employee thereof engaged in his or her employment duties, that manufactures large-capacity magazines within Colorado exclusively for transfer to, or any licensed gun dealer, as defined in section 12-26.1-106 (6), C.R.S., or any employee thereof engaged in his or her official employment duties, that sells large-capacity magazines exclusively to:
(I) A branch of the armed forces of the United States;
(II) A department, agency, or political subdivision of the state of Colorado, or of any other state, or of the United States government;
(III) A firearms retailer for the purpose of firearms sales conducted outside the state;
(IV) A foreign national government that has been approved for such transfers by the United States government; or
(V) An out-of-state transferee who may legally possess a large-capacity magazine; or
(b) An employee of any of the following agencies who bears a firearm in the course of his or her official duties:
(I) A branch of the armed forces of the United States; or
(II) A department, agency, or political subdivision of the state of Colorado, or of any other state, or of the United States government; or
(c) A person who possesses the magazine for the sole purpose of transporting the magazine to an out-of-state entity on behalf of a manufacturer of large-capacity magazines within Colorado.