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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1071121" data-attributes="member: 14668">A word about &quot;magazines&quot;A firearm &quot;magazine&quot; is nothing more than a plastic or metal box with a spring in it that pushes loaded cartridges upward under spring pressure where they are stripped off and into the barrel by the slide of the weapon as it cycles.During the Assault Weapons &quot;ban&quot; of 1994-2004, manufacturers of conventional semi-automatic firearms simply inserted spacers or plugs into these magazines to prevent more than 10 rounds from fitting inside. The number of rounds that a given magazine will normally accept is a function of the size of the magazine and the size of the particular type of bullet that is held. Since most magazines comprise only 3 seperate parts and can be disassembled for maintainence or cleaning...the reality is that converting a &quot;compliant&quot; mag back into a &quot;high capacity&quot; one is a actually a simple matter of removing the spacer or plug and modifying or replacing the spring. Its not rocket science, people. You can get on YouTube and learn how to do it on a workbench with a pair of pliers.As I type this, virtually every website that sells firearm accessories and magazines is swamped with orders and &quot;out of stock&quot; on pretty much every kind of high capacity mag. There is a wave of panic buying going on. There are untold millions of these magazines are already in circulation in the United States, with perhaps billions worldwide. The idea that any sort of &quot;ban&quot; on them will prevent criminals from using them is beyond naive....it is pathetically stupid.The Federal &quot;Ban&quot; of 1994-2004 never actually banned the posession of these magazines, only their manufacture or import. if you already had them prior to the ban, you could still keep them or sell them. Even states that did ban posession had &quot;grandfather&quot; clauses allowing those in posession prior to the ban to be kept...but since magazines dont come with serial numbers or dates stamped on them there was no way to know whether or not a mag qualified to be &quot;grandfathered&quot; or not.I purchased hi-cap mags legally, over the Internet, during the &quot;ban&quot; of 1994-2004. Even in states like California where they were actually banned, you could still legally buy &quot;magazine rebuild kits&quot; or seperate magazine components (spring, follower, magazine body) that allowed you to assemble a high capacity mag that you could &quot;claim&quot; to have posessed prior to the ban...making the law itself unenforceable.When it comes to laws, the devil is in the details. When it comes to &quot;bans&quot; on &quot;high-capacity magazines&quot;...those details render such laws as nothing more than worthless pieces of &quot;feel-good&quot; legislation that pretend to solve a problem but in reality serve no useful purpose whatsoever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1071121, member: 14668"] A word about "magazines" A firearm "magazine" is nothing more than a plastic or metal box with a spring in it that pushes loaded cartridges upward under spring pressure where they are stripped off and into the barrel by the slide of the weapon as it cycles. During the Assault Weapons "ban" of 1994-2004, manufacturers of conventional semi-automatic firearms simply inserted spacers or plugs into these magazines to prevent more than 10 rounds from fitting inside. The number of rounds that a given magazine will normally accept is a function of the size of the magazine and the size of the particular type of bullet that is held. Since most magazines comprise only 3 seperate parts and can be disassembled for maintainence or cleaning...the reality is that converting a "compliant" mag back into a "high capacity" one is a actually a simple matter of removing the spacer or plug and modifying or replacing the spring. [I]Its not rocket science, people[/I]. You can get on YouTube and learn how to do it on a workbench with a pair of pliers. As I type this, virtually every website that sells firearm accessories and magazines is swamped with orders and "out of stock" on pretty much every kind of high capacity mag. There is a wave of panic buying going on. There are [I]untold millions[/I] of these magazines are already in circulation in the United States, with perhaps billions worldwide. The idea that any sort of "ban" on them will prevent [I]criminals[/I] from using them is [I]beyond[/I] naive....it is pathetically [I]stupid[/I]. The Federal "Ban" of 1994-2004 [I]never actually banned [/I]the posession of these magazines, only their [I]manufacture or import[/I]. if you already [I]had[/I] them prior to the ban, you could still [I]keep[/I] them or[I] sell[/I] them. Even states that [I]did[/I] ban posession had "grandfather" clauses allowing those in posession prior to the ban to be kept...but since magazines dont come with serial numbers or dates stamped on them there was [I]no way [/I]to know whether or not a mag qualified to be "grandfathered" or not. I purchased hi-cap mags [I]legally[/I], over the Internet, during the "ban" of 1994-2004. Even in states like California where they [I]were[/I] actually banned, you could [I]still [/I]legally buy "magazine rebuild kits" or seperate magazine [I]components ([/I]spring, follower, magazine body) that allowed you to [I]assemble[/I] a high capacity mag that you could "claim" to have posessed prior to the ban...making the law itself [I]unenforceable. [/I]When it comes to laws, the devil is in the details. When it comes to "bans" on "high-capacity magazines"...those details render such laws as nothing more than worthless pieces of "feel-good" legislation that [I]pretend[/I] to solve a problem but in reality serve [I]no[/I] useful purpose whatsoever. [/QUOTE]

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