gc70
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Previous threads about magazine capacity limits have been closed because, as Art noted, "Until there is a House bill and a companion Senate bill, there is little to discuss."
A set of identical bills, titled the Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act, have now been proposed in the House and Senate to limit magazine capacity.
The proposed bills are very similar to the magazine limits of the '94 AWB. The biggest difference is that the proposed bills would ban transfers of devices in existence before enactment of the bill (allows for continued possession).
Since political discussions are prohibited on THR, please do not rant about McCarthy, Lautenberg, particular political parties, or people who hold particular political beliefs.
The proposed bills contain provisions that are ripe for serious legal discussion. As a starter:
A set of identical bills, titled the Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act, have now been proposed in the House and Senate to limit magazine capacity.
The proposed bills are very similar to the magazine limits of the '94 AWB. The biggest difference is that the proposed bills would ban transfers of devices in existence before enactment of the bill (allows for continued possession).
Since political discussions are prohibited on THR, please do not rant about McCarthy, Lautenberg, particular political parties, or people who hold particular political beliefs.
The proposed bills contain provisions that are ripe for serious legal discussion. As a starter:
- The bills ban transfers, so businesses and people holding magazines exceeding the capacity limits in the bills would not be able to sell them; would this run afoul of the Fifth Amendment's "takings" clause?
- The capacity limits in the bills would ban the standard magazines for many of the most popular handguns and rifles commonly in use; would this run afoul of the Heller decision?