{"id":10818,"date":"2015-08-12T13:44:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T17:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=10818"},"modified":"2015-08-12T13:44:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T17:44:53","slug":"los-angeles-enacts-confiscatory-ban-on-ammo-clips-that-carry-over-10-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/08\/12\/los-angeles-enacts-confiscatory-ban-on-ammo-clips-that-carry-over-10-rounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Enacts &#8220;Confiscatory&#8221; Ban on Ammo Clips That Carry Over 10 Rounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance on Friday that bans the ownership of firearms magazines that carry more than 10 rounds. The new law, which was first introduced by City Councilman Paul Krekorian and passed Los Angeles\u2019 City Council unanimously on July 28, is set to take effect in early September, and individuals found in violation of it will be charged with a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>According to Los Cerritos News, a 15-year-old statewide ban prohibits the sale, purchase, or importation of magazines with more than ten rounds, but a grandfather clause in the law allows gun owners to keep the magazines they owned prior to its passage. The City of Los Angeles\u2019 new ordinance effectively repeals that grandfather clause within the city.<\/p>\n<p>Guns.com\u2019s Chris Eger, who called the magazine ban \u201cconfiscatory,\u201d wrote, \u201cPeople who currently possess such magazines, many for collectible firearms registered decades ago, have a 60 day window to remove them from the city, sell them to a legal gun dealer, or turn them in to the Los Angeles Police Department.\u201d The ordinance exempts law enforcement officers, museums, movie prop masters, gunsmiths, and magazines that belong to legal collectibles for which smaller clips are not manufactured.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">Source: <\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.6;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truthinmedia.com\/los-angeles-ban-ammo-over-10-rounds\/\">Los Angeles Enacts &#8220;Confiscatory&#8221; Ban on Ammo Clips That Carry Over 10 Rounds &#8211; Ben Swann&#8217;s Truth In Media<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance on Friday that bans the ownership of firearms magazines that carry more than 10 rounds. The new law, which was first introduced by City Councilman Paul Krekorian and passed Los Angeles\u2019 City Council unanimously on July 28, is set to take effect in early September, and individuals found in violation of it will be charged with a misdemeanor. According to Los Cerritos News, a 15-year-old statewide ban prohibits the sale, purchase, or importation of magazines with more than ten rounds, but a grandfather clause in the law allows gun owners to keep the magazines they owned prior to its passage. The City of Los Angeles\u2019 new ordinance effectively repeals that grandfather clause within the city. Guns.com\u2019s Chris Eger, who called the magazine ban \u201cconfiscatory,\u201d wrote, \u201cPeople who currently possess such magazines, many for collectible firearms registered decades ago, have a 60 day window to remove them from the city, sell them to a legal gun dealer, or turn them in to the Los Angeles Police Department.\u201d The ordinance exempts law enforcement officers, museums, movie prop masters, gunsmiths, and magazines that belong to legal collectibles for which smaller clips are not manufactured. 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