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On Friday, August 14th, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the case of Duncan v Becerra (q.v. below) that the California Magazine Ban (California Government Code § 31310) violates the constitution. This means that what is often referred to as the “California high capacity magazine” (which really means standard capacity magazine) prohibition should be gone. But it’s not.

Unfortunately, the judges’ ruling does not immediately make it legal to buy what are referred to as Large Capacity Magazines (LCM). The Court has not yet issued a mandate, the stay has not yet been lifted, and the State of California has options left to continue to make such purchases unlawful.

According to our legal counsel and numerous other sources, including Adam Kraut of the Firearms Policy Coalition, the stay currently — as of this writing — remains in place. However, as soon as that lifts – which could be as soon as this afternoon or as late as whenever (or never) – Californians should be able to start buying “large-capacity” mags again. But not yet.

Read more about the California magazine ban and whether Californians should start buying now – or wait.

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