High-Capacity Ammo Magazines Should Be Banned, Senator Says
U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg will ask Congress to approve a ban on ammunition magazines of more than 10 rounds. Do you agree with his proposed bill?
In the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) announced plans to reintroduce high-capacity magazine ban legislation in the 113th Congress. Lautenberg’s bill, the Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act, would prohibit the manufacture and sale of ammunition magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds. It also would ban ammunition magazines that could be readily converted to accept more than 10 rounds. “In light of yet another horrific shooting tragedy, it is clearer than ever that there is no place in our communities for deadly high-capacity gun magazines and I will keep working to pass my bill to reinstate the ban on them,” Lautenberg said in a statement. “If we don't pass a high-capacity …
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John Santaella
3:17 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
@Carla, not to nitpick but 10 and 15 round magazines are high capacity magazines. As far as the ''assault weapons'', this is a phrase that is used without truly knowing what it means. The press likes to exaggerate for effect and I wish people would stop using the term. And, it seems to me that to protect the 2nd Amendment gun lovers are willing to get rid of the 1st Amendment. Let's sit down and … more ›