New agreement over Colorado gun magazines

One of these laws is the ban on magazines with greater than 15 rounds of ammunition. Colorado House Bill 1224 currently states, “LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE means a fixed or detachable magazine, box, drum, feed strip, or similar device capable of accepting, or that can be readily converted to accept…” For many gun owners, this was a troubling statement. Many modern magazines have a removable base plate used for maintenance purposes. With some changes, these base plates could be removed to add extenders to the magazine. The Colorado Attorney General stated that “magazines do not violate the ban simply because they have removable base plates.” New...