Federal appeals court rejects challenge to capital's ban on 'extra large capacity magazines' [View all]

Source: Law & Crime

Oct 30th, 2024, 12:49 pm


A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to the District of Columbia’s ban on extra large capacity magazines.

A split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled against four gun owners who argued that they needed magazines that hold up to 17 bullets for self-defense.

U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett, a Barack Obama appointee, and Senior Circuit Judge Douglas Ginsburg, a Ronald Reagan appointee, sided with the district, while U.S. Circuit Judge Justin Walker, a Donald Trump appointee, dissented.

Under Washington, D.C., law, it is a felony to possess what is called an “extra large capacity magazine” — one capable of holding more than 10 rounds. Gun owners Andrew Hanson, Tyler Yzaguirre, Nathan Chaney, and Eric Klun raised a Second Amendment challenge to the law and argued that they have magazines that exceed the legal capacity and would use their magazines for lawful purposes, including self-defense, if the law was not in effect.

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