{"id":79085,"date":"2022-03-24T08:40:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T13:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=79085"},"modified":"2022-03-24T08:40:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T13:40:01","slug":"79085","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=79085","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI WILL NOT COMPLY\u201d<\/a>
\nWASHINGTON LAWMAKERS PASS MAG CAPACITY LIMITS AS CLICHES FLY<\/p>\n

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Nothing makes less sense than politicians who know zip about firearms, to say nothing of personal protection, passing laws that put restrictions on guns used by armed citizens to defend themselves, their families and in an emergency, their neighbors.<\/p>\n

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Not only does a magazine ban affect rifles, it also will create problems
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Washington lawmakers recently passed such a law, and to suggest it stinks would be excessively civil. According to the affected gun owners whose remarks I\u2019ve read on social media, the Evergreen State is taking on a shade of brown, and it\u2019s got nothing to do with fall colors.<\/p>\n

Long story short, the legislation prohibits the import, sale, trade or manufacture of a \u201clarge capacity magazine,\u201d which is defined as an \u201cammunition-feeding device with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition\u2026\u201d As one might guess, this set off a buying frenzy, because\u2014and here\u2019s the puzzling part\u2014any such magazines owned prior to the July 1 effective date will be \u201cgrandfathered in.\u201d That is, the owners can keep them.<\/p>\n

I can hear you all wondering, \u201cHow are they going to enforce this?\u201d Magazines don\u2019t have serial numbers, and if somebody has a garage full of them, how would anyone prove that individual didn\u2019t have all of those magazines six months ago?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I happen to own a trio of 25-round magazines for my\u00a0Ruger<\/a>\u00a010\/22, which\u2014believe it or not\u2014falls within the initiative-adopted definition of a \u201csemi-automatic assault rifle.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is imperative for you folks in other states to remember Washington is considered something of a \u201ctest tube\u201d state by the gun prohibition lobby. It used to be California, but the Pacific Northwest has become the new petri dish for all manner of gun control nonsense to see what can be passed, and what can\u2019t. What is tried in Washington this year might be coming to a state legislature near you next year.<\/p>\n

Outbreak of Clich\u00e9s<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As noted earlier, nothing makes less sense \u2026 except perhaps for how some people react on social media to a gun restriction anywhere in the United States.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the same all over, whether in New Jersey, Oregon, California, and Massachusetts; pick a state with a new gun control law and I guarantee you will hear or see the following:<\/p>\n

\u201cI will not comply!\u201d pops up first, frequently followed by \u201cI had this tragic boating accident.\u201d What may have been amusing a dozen years ago has lost its oomph. Besides, trying to be clever to get around a dumb gun law can end badly, and such claims are juvenile at best.<\/p>\n

At this writing, plaintiffs in a federal case challenging California\u2019s \u201chigh capacity\u201d magazine ban had filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court for review of their case, known as\u00a0Duncan v. Bonta<\/a>. They won twice, at trial and then on appeal to a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, but then the court held an en banc re-hearing with 11 judges, and they reversed.<\/p>\n

So, since Washington is also in the Ninth Circuit, we\u2019ll all probably see authorities in that state pushing hard to prevent the high court from reviewing the Duncan case. It is time for the Supremes to take such a case to further define the parameters of the Second Amendment. Let\u2019s hope they are very broad.<\/p>\n

Just for edification, the 10-round limit applies to pistol magazines as well as those for rifles. Suddenly, owners of striker- fired Glocks,\u00a0 Springfields,\u00a0 Smith & Wessons,\u00a0SIG SAUERs and other popular pistol brands and models are paying attention. It\u2019s not just guys with rifles who are being targeted. Handgunners are in the crosshairs as well.<\/p>\n

I inquired with a couple of pals at the National Shooting Sports Foundation about the origin of the \u201cmagic\u201d 10-round limit. Whose idea was that? Neither of my contacts was certain, but it appears to have originated with someone in the gun control lobby, once again demonstrating a lack of firearms understanding evidently rampant among that bunch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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