Colorado Supreme Court To Decide On Magazine Restriction Limits

By Tom Knighton

Magazine restrictions are a favorite bit of gun control. For some reason, anti-gunners think that magazine limits aren’t just arbitrary limits that have little impact on criminal activity or anything of the sort. They’ve pushed for them almost non-stop since the federal assault weapon ban sunset a decade and a half ago.

Colorado passed a magazine limit law in the immediate aftermath of the tragic theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado. It did not go well, with several lawmakers who voted for the law being recalled.

Invariably, it also sparked lawsuits. Now, it seems such a case is going to the Colorado Supreme Court.

The fight over one of the most controversial gun bills ever to come out of the state Capitol rages on.

Colorado’s ban on gun magazines that can hold more than 15 rounds of ammunition was one of a handful of gun control measures passed in the aftermath of the 2013 Aurora theater shooting.

State gun lobby Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and its executive director, Dudley Brown, originally sued the state in 2016. They say the law is unconstitutional.

But state district courts ruled that prohibiting the sale, transfer or possession of large-capacity magazines for firearms was …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms