74 percent of the magazines are found to have a capacity of over 10 rounds
Washington, D.C.- The National Foundation for Gun Rights (legal branch of the National Association for Gun Rights) announced a key piece of evidence that establishes the complete unconstitutionality of the Colorado magazine ban, which their lawsuit Gates v. Polis is aimed at overturning.
A study released today by the National Shooting Sports Foundation reveals that gun magazines of over 10 rounds in capacity are the national standard. The study further shows there are nearly a billion magazines in circulation (not counting numerous manufacturers who did not participate in the study) with 74 percent having a capacity of 11 rounds or above. Roughly 46 percent of the magazines in circulation are shown to hold 30 rounds or more.
“This NSSF report proves beyond a shadow of a doubt, with indisputable evidence, that standard-capacity magazines are in common use and therefore may not be banned under the Second Amendment and the Supreme Court’s Heller and Bruen precedents,” said Hannah Hill, Executive Director of the National Foundation for Gun Rights (NFGR).
The federal district court judge in Gates v. Polis previously granted the Attorney General’s request to disqualify NFGR’s expert witness report testifying that the banned magazines were in common use.
“This study solidifies our argument against arbitrary and capricious magazine bans in our lawsuits in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois, and Hawaii,” said Dudley Brown, president of the National Association for Gun Rights. “Magazine bans are unconstitutional, and this study is the nail in the coffin that will end them once and for all.”
The National Association for Gun Rights is the nation’s largest “no compromise” pro-gun organization, with 4.5 million members nationwide.
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