Federal judge again strikes down California law banning gun magazines of more than 10 rounds
Federal judge again strikes down California law banning gun magazines of more than 10 rounds
A federal judge has struck down a California law banning gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. U.S.
Some mentioned the other one was old. Heres a two-day old article on the same issue.
Good. California regulations have done nothing to improve gun violence in their state when compared to less restrictive states like Texas. Even ignoring the blatant constitutional issues.
Texas has 3.2 gun murders per 100k. California has 3.4/100k.
Source, from the Murders section
Better social safety nets would be far more effective at reducing all forms of violence.
California regulations have done nothing to improve gun violence in their state when compared to less restrictive states like Texas.
That's not true. You're being incredibly misleading by only looking at murders instead of gun violence as a whole.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/firearm.htm
Texas has significantly more firearm deaths than California, 9/100k vs 15/100k. Nationally, California is lower than average in gun deaths.
And that's even after the surrounding states with far more lax gun policy negatively effects California's rates.
Basically all of the states with the highest gun death rates are republican states, and that's not a coincidence.
Better social safety nets would be far more effective at reducing all forms of violence.
We should be doing both. The lack of social stability/mobility and health services is a part of the core problem. But it is not the only part the other part is that literally any lunatic or untrained owner can get a gun despite being unfit due to the countless loopholes.
Just as we have the right to vote and a requirement to register, so to should we have the right to bear arms with a requirement to register.
Just as we have the right to own cars and a requirement to be licensed (and therefore trained), so to should we have the right to bear arms with the requirement to be liscensed (and therefore trained.
If you are incapable of registering, being liscensed, or trained to safely own a gun, then you shouldn't have a gun.
Nope. There is no and should not be a requirement to register to express a right that clearly states it shall not be infringed. Not a chance. Once again, showe a criminal with bad intentions who's going to register his firearms he bought out of the back of a van. You can't because they don't exist. Registration would only make things worse for everyone. Especially a publicly searchable registry where home invaders could add that little step to planning out which homes they're going to invade.
Any and every requirement is a barrier to your right to bear arms and is an infringement because people like you think you sit on some high horse when in reality it's you making life worse for everyone involved. Stop it.
Why would anyone need more than 10 rounds in a magazine for an assault rifle? “self defense”?
Here are a few:
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Because it's our right. (I know you know this but it's still the first reason).
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Because when recreationally shooting a gun like this it's more enjoyable to have larger capacities.
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Number 1 again.
Because it’s our right.
The 2nd amendment says nothing about regulation of magazines. And regulating magazines doesn't effect your right to own guns.
Because when recreationally shooting a gun like this it’s more enjoyable to have larger capacities.
So your personal enjoyment is more important than the lives of children?
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Self defense is but one reason to own a rifle. I'd suggest that people are entitled to own the most apt means of self preservation. And it seems that in the era of intermediate cartridges the most pragmatic sum for a rifle to hold is usually 30 rounds beyond that magazine start to become a hindrance. In most cases people might not use even all ten rounds. Having the additional capacity doesn't prohibit one from using fewer rounds, but having only 10 does inhibit you from using more than 10 rounds.
Another reason for ownership of rifles is in common defense as alluded to in the 2A by the "Necessary to the security of a free State". The standard on the global stage for an intermediate cartridge rifle is also 30 rounds of capacity. Meaning most threats to the security of our state would have three times the capacity of a 10 rd magazine.