A Federal Appeals Court has halted any enforcement of California’s magazine ban until the Supreme Court takes a look at the case.
As many know California has some of the strictest gun laws in the country and while they can not outright ban every firearm ever made from the state they are aiming to take down attachments like magazines and pistol grips. California has attempted to instituted a ban on “high capacity magazines”, high capacity of course referring to anything that can hold more than 10 rounds, but this ban may soon be overturned completely if the courts continue to side with 2A.
As reported in Guns.com:
A federal appeals court this week granted a stay blocking the state of California from enforcing its draconian firearm magazine prohibition law.
The stay, issued by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Duncan v. Bonta, is set to run for 150 days, noting that, if the backers in the lawsuit file a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on the matter during that period, the stay will continue until the case’s final disposition with the nation’s highest court.
A divided 7-4 en banc panel of the 9th Circuit late last month held that California’s controversial magazine ban is legal. This came only after two previous courts sided with a group of residents and the California Rifle & Pistol Association who argued the state’s prohibition against “high-capacity magazines” violated the Second Amendment.
CRPA President Chuck Michel earlier this month said the NRA state affiliate would be “appealing to the Supreme Court for a final determination because gun owners deserve to have someone fighting for them and their rights. The Second Amendment is a fundamental right, and it is time that courts stop treating that right like a second-class gift from government.”
