Sentences with phrase «magazine capacity limit»

A federal court ruled that a magazine capacity limit of seven rounds could not be enforced, and the limit was upped to 10 rounds.

Though the board made no further action upon the measure, Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence reaffirmed his position, adding the board supports Second Amendment rights and had their own concerns about the SAFE Act's magazine capacity limit's applicability to law enforcement personnel.

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Washington, D.C., and eight states also limit the large capacity magazines that have made many mass shootings so deadly.

She is calling for laws that would limit access to high - capacity magazine firearms, like the AR - 15 assault - style rifle used by the shooter in Florida.

Yet he limited all law enforcement officers to just 7 rounds in their magazines to be used when engaging an armed criminal that is using the full capacity of their weapons.

I want to ban assault weapons, I want to limit high - capacity magazines, we couldn't do a gun bill unless we enhance criminal penalties.»

Johnston's anti-gun platform includes «better enforcement» of the new 15 round limit on magazine capacity, and he is calling for a ban of bump stocks.

Lawmakers in Colorado debated controversial new gun control legislation in 2013 in reaction to the Aurora theater massacre, including a 15 round limit on magazine capacity and tougher requirements on background checks.

The governor said yesterday that the gun control law, which updates the state's assault weapons ban and limits the number of bullets in a high - capacity magazine to seven, isn't intended to hurt sportsmen or hunters or infringe on Second Amendment rights.

The event comes on the heels of a sweeping gun control law that passed last month in Albany that updates the state's assault weapons ban and limits the number of rounds in a high - capacity magazine.

Malliotakis voted for the SAFE Act, proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school killings, which implemented some restrictions and registration requirements on assault - style rifles and limited magazine capacity.

It's also the region where Cuomo has lost ground since signing the NY Safe Act, which bans certain semi-automatic guns and limits bullet capacity in magazines.

The Republican gun owner doesn't like the limits on magazine capacity, the mental health provisions, and the fact that it was pushed through the legislature in the dead of night in January of last year.

A Siena College poll recently found New York voters, by a 2 - to - 1 margin, support the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, which included a broader ban on assault weapons and lower limits on the capacity of magazines.

The letter comes as gun control advocacy groups and some Republican lawmakers who voted no blast the law, which tightens the state's assault weapons ban, limits the number of rounds in a high capacity magazine and tightens criminal penalties for illegal weapons.

The legislation puts limits on sales of high - capacity magazines and requires background checks for all gun sales, among other things.

Senator Marco Rubio, left, Republican of Florida, said he would reconsider his opposition to limiting high - capacity magazines last week during a CNN forum on the mass shooting at a Florida high school.

Cuomo's bill is expected to present limits on assault weapons and high - capacity magazines.

Among other measures, the new law limits the capacity of magazines to seven rounds, down from the existing 10, and makes it easier to take guns from those with mental illnesses.

The law enacts reductions in the maximum capacity of gun magazines which unfairly limits the designcapabilities of guns purchased legally for over a century;

Cuomo has said the new law «will limit gun violence through common sense, reasonable reforms that include addressing the risks posed by mentally ill people who have access to guns and banning high capacity magazines and lethal assault weapons.»

Examples: a no - exceptions ban on military - style weapons and high - capacity magazines; universal, expanded background checks; limits on monthly purchases; technology that allows only owners to fire guns.

No one knows whether Saturday's march will generate permanent change, yielding legislation to limit ownership of assault rifles, high - capacity magazines and other equipment that makes it easier to kill many people quickly.

Those include eliminating bump stocks, limiting high - capacity magazines and armor - piercing ammunition and expanding universal background checks.

Legislatures have numerous policy options for the regulation of weapons that are consistent with the Second Amendment, including universal background checks, purchase waiting periods, increasing age limits, restrictions on military style weapons and high - capacity ammunition magazines.

Those include a ban on bump stocks that turn semi-automatic rifles into machine gun - style weapons and a limit on high - capacity magazine clips.

Specifically organizers demanded things like stricter background checks for gun purchases, a ban on semiautomatic weapons like the AR - 15 rifle, bulletproof doors and windows in schools, limiting the maximum capacity of magazines and support for those with mental illness.