Posted September 7, 2016 5:44 pm by Comments

By Justin Stakes

California Lower magazine catch
California Lower magazine catch
AmmoLand Gun News
AmmoLand Gun News

USA -(AmmoLand.com)- Not long after police killed the husband-and-wife assailants responsible for the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, they had managed to kill 14 people and wound 22 others in less than four minutes.

The attack had been carried out with two AR-15 rifles outfitted with high-capacity magazines and the bulletbuttons were removed. As of this writing, California currently bans AR-15s with magazines that can’t be removed without the aid of a tool, in order to prevent reloading quickly. Currently bulletbuttons are used to quickly release exhausted magazines from semiautomatic rifles while keeping them within the spirit of the law.

The bullet button is recessed in a small hole on an AR-15’s lower receiver, next to the magazine well, and can be engaged only with some kind of tool, such as the tip of a bullet. Many types of buttons are sold as an aftermarket accessory or incorporated directly into weapons manufactured for the California market. The function of the buttons is that they allow California rifle owners to expend ammunition at a brutal speed than if they were using standard “California-compliant” rifles, which can only be reloaded …Read the Rest

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