Feds sue Colorado over ban on certain firearm magazines

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Colorado for its ban on firearm magazines that hold more than 15 rounds.

The lawsuit argues Colorado’s 2013 ban on magazines that the state defines as “large capacity,” but are commonly owned by many gun owners across the country, is unconstitutional and violates the Second Amendment.

The lawsuit comes one day after the DOJ filed a separate lawsuit against the city of Denver for its decades-old “assault weapons” ban policy.

The Colorado law, passed in 2013 in the wake of the Aurora movie theater shooting, bans so-called “large-capacity” magazines, which it defines as any detachable magazine holding more than 15 rounds. The standard capacity magazines for commonly-owned AR-15 semiautomatic rifles are manufactured to hold 30 rounds.

“[Colorado] has already admitted that magazines like those it has banned are in common use by law-abiding Americans for lawful purposes, including self-defense,” the Read Entire Article