Originally Posted by
MooseGooser
Jason
Varies by state.
Here is Denver Colorado.
"State Restrictions on Magazines, Chemical Sprays and Stun Guns"
High Capacity Magazine Banned or Restricted 11/23/12
If state is not listed then higher capacity magazines are legal.
California Large Capacity Magazines
With limited exceptions, California law prohibits any person from manufacturing, importing into the state, keeping for sale, offering or exposing for sale, giving, or lending any large capacity magazine. Cal. Penal Code § 12020(a)(2), (b). A "large capacity magazine" is defined as any ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more than ten rounds, but does not include any .22 caliber tube ammunition feeding device, any feeding device that has been permanently altered so that it cannot accommodate more than ten rounds, or any tubular magazine that is contained in a lever-action firearm. Section 12020(c)(25). California does not ban the possession of large capacity magazines.
Upon a showing of good cause, the California Department of Justice may issue permits for the possession, transportation, or sale of large capacity ammunition magazines between a licensed California firearms dealer and an out-of-state customer. Section 12079(a). This requirement applies for only the out-of-state importation and exportation of large capacity ammunition magazines, including the transportation of such magazines as necessary to complete a transfer to or from an out of state source. See Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, § 978.40.
Large capacity magazines may be manufactured for any federal, state, or local government or law enforcement agency, or for use by agency employees in the discharge of their official duties, whether on or off duty. Section 12020(b)(30). Large capacity magazines may also be purchased or loaned for the sole use as a motion picture, television or video prop. Section 12020(b)(31), (32)(A). Such magazines may also be resold to law enforcement agencies, government agencies, or the military, pursuant to applicable federal regulations. Section 12020(b)(32)(C).
For additional large capacity ammunition magazine regulations, see Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, §§ 978.40-978.44.
Colorado – City of Denver High Capacity Ammunition Magazines
City of Denver Ordinances Sec. 38-130. - Assault weapons.
a. All semiautomatic action, centerfire rifles with a detachable magazine with a capacity of twenty-one (21) or more rounds.
b. All semiautomatic shotguns with a folding stock or a magazine capacity of more than six (6) rounds or both.
Specific magazine prohibited.
It shall be unlawful to carry, store or otherwise possess a magazine which will hold or may be modified to hold twenty-one (21) or more rounds.
There is a provision in the law if you are a non resident of Denver traveling through the area you can not be charged with breaking this ordinances.
I CAN load more than 21 .22 shorts in my Browning, including the one in the chamber, with vary easy modification.
I can also do this to the MAGAZINE of a Wichester model 1890 .22 pump.
Notice the Law doesnt specify centerfire, caliber, action, ect It Specifically describes MAGAZINES.
It doesnt define Magazine, weather it be tubular, detachable.
