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California bans semi-automatic rifles that have detachable magazines.
However, a rifle that has a magazine that requires a tool to remove has a fixed magazine, which is legal.
A pointy object is considered a tool, so installing a magazine catch that requires, say, the tip of a loaded rifle cartridge to depress the magazine release turns the rifle into a fixed-magazine gun, and legal.
Californians were creating bullet buttons, magnets pointy on one side and smooth on the other, which would stick to the magazine catch and in effect turn the "tool required" magazine catch back into a manually-operated catch while the magnet was attached.
The California Assembly changes the law so that bullet buttons are banned.
Californians then figure out how to make their AR-15s hinge open for field stopping really really fast, and to make the "tool required" magazine catch work manually only when the AR-15 is hinged open.
So now too quickly unload and reload their AR-15s they simply yank on a piece of paracord, let the rifle hinge open a little, press the "tool required" magazine catch with their hand, let the magazine drop out, slam the rifle closed again, and slap in a fresh magazine.
Do I have this right?
Wow, I'm sure Californians are much safer now.
I'm waiting to here how this is an important step forward for gun safety.