Dianne Feinstein: Time For a Magazine Ban

By Cam Edwards

AP Photo/Ben Margot, file

In today’s Los Angeles Times, Senator Dianne Feinstein lays out her best case for a ban on “high capacity” magazines, and it boils down to a simple premise: if killers use smaller magazines, lives will be saved.

The primary effect of a high-capacity magazine — which is defined as a magazine holding more than 10 rounds — is more dead bodies.

Last week, the House Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that would ban such ammunition magazines — the Keep America Safe Act — along with bills to promote so-called red flag, or extreme risk, laws, which keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, and a bill that prevents those convicted of hate crimes from purchasing or owning weapons.

The magazine ban passed by the House would ban the manufacture, sale, transfer, and possession of magazines holding more than 10 rounds, though it does contain a grandfather clause allowing individuals to maintain possession of existing magazines. The punishment for violating the law? Up to five years in a federal prison.

While the bill as written does contain a grandfather clause, Feinstein notes that the legislation also contains funding for a “buyback” of magazines.

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Source:: Bearing Arms