Hi cap mag ?'s

[xjrat]

Hi all,
I am new to this site and have joined because I have seen some good discussions and appreciate that there is a site for Kalifornians and guns.

My questions is about a friend who has a Glock that he bought about a year ago and has since acquired two 16 round mags from a local gun show. I thought it was illegal but he said that the guy said it wasn't. My friend said the guy also said it wasn't illegal to buy those in Ca just illegal for people to sell them here
I am reintroducing my self to guns after about 10yrs away from them so I am a little confused about all the new laws. As a matter of fact I was surprised to find out that you now have to do a DROS background check on ALL guns including rifles and shotguns

[SVTNate]

Your friend's mags are illegal. As of January 1st, 2000, no mags above 10 rounds may be purchased, sold, manufactured, or imported into CA with the exception of LEO's and FFL's for the purpose of selling them to LEO's.

You had to own >10 round mags prior to that date, and have those mags inside California, for them to be legal.

It is legal to purchase parts for those magazines from out of state, but only for the purposes of repairing a legally owned magazine. You cannot buy parts from out of state and assemble a new mag.

[icormba]

That's a pretty funny post, thanks... needed that!

[wutzu]

IIRC, the law specifically states " Sell, expose for sale, import, cause to be imported, manufacture or cause to be manufactured".

There was a thread about this a month ago ("finding" hi-capacity magazines), and language such as "purchase", "buy" or "acquire" is conspicuously absent from the law.

IANAL, and I am not endorsing breaking the law in any way, but it appears that mystery magazine guy at the fun show may have been correct, to a point.

It's still tenuous ground though, and I'd say for your friend to try and keep a low profile about it.

Semi-offtopic: I remember being in a sporting goods store one time, and some other customer asked about high-caps. The kid behind the counter said "you can't get them in california, but you can get them in Nevada" Amazing advice, let me tell you.

[Jason_R]

I've NEVER heard of a single case of anyone being prosecuted for a hi-cap pistol magazine.

that being said, my previous stay in Cali (and I'm coming back, it's bittersweet :\) I've used hi-cap mags at numerous ranges and never had so much as one glance.

[rorschach]

I've NEVER heard of a single case of anyone being prosecuted for a hi-cap pistol magazine.

I made the same statement a while back. I'm gonna tell you the same thing xeno told me: "Just because YOU havent heard of it doesnt mean it never happened."

It has.

[tankerman]

I was looking though "CRAIGS LIST" in Los Angeles about a month ago and saw some guy selling High cap Glock mags. It's amazing what some people will do....

[lonewolf]

I would be amazed if someone was prosecuted for that. I'm sure they would be SURRENDERED maybe but PROSECUTION I don't know.

[slick_711]

Technically I believe it's a felony *per* magazine, so don't be so hasty to assume they wouldn't prosecute. They'd most likely plea bargain, but I doubt they'd neglect to prosecute entirely depending on the case.

[hoffmang]

There have been importation large-capacity magazine prosecutions. I have yet to find a verified large-capacity magazine manufacturing prosecution.

Possession or purchase is not illegal.

-Gene

[Matt C]

This must be the same guy that tried to sell mags to JP...

[dfletcher]

With respect to "finding" a regular +10 capacity magazine - let's make an assumption that's not illegal (so long as you didn't find them in your mailbox after Ammoclip.com sent them to your pal in OR). But I think once you find it it's yours or it's turned in to LE - if you turn around and sell it that's illegal. Just a guess on my part.