Now who got to decide that a magazine that holds more than 10 rounds is a HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINE?
When I was with the PD in the 1970’s I carried a Smith & Wesson M-59. This is a 9mm, double action pistol with a magazine capacity of 13 rounds. During this time no one ever heard of a “high capacity magazine” or “assault weapon” for that matter.
So, for some reason, at some point in time, someone decided that I was more of a threat because I had 3 more rounds available before I had to reload? Actually, if my department had allowed it I would have carried my Colt Government Model .45 ACP semi-auto, with eight rounds (bigger is always better, don’t you know?).
So how about we use the terms “single stack” and “double stack” or “wide body” mags?
Here’s the kicker about the previous ban on standard magazines; They banned the manufacture and sales of mags that held more than 10 rounds but the ban didn’t require anyone to surrender existing mags. So, I kept my 13 and 14 round magazines for my Smith and my 30 round mags for my M1 Carbine. Kinda makes one wonder about the folks in charge, eh?
Of course I wonder about them anyway. I would like to see forced retirement of those nuts in Congress when they start showing obvious signs of dementia, Alzheimer’s, stupidity, irrationality, insanity or other mental disorders and extreme old age. Maybe they should be subjected to a background check before being allowed to take office or introduce legislation. We could use another supreme court just to take a look at some of the proposed legislation just to see if it passes a basic common sense test.
HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINE, assault weapon
