What exactly does a Maglock do?

[LJP93]

Hello,

I live in Florida and will be moving to California in December and I don't really know anything about California Gun Laws. What I read online from googling is that rifles in California need to have a mag lock attached to it. Well being from Florida and the fact that we don't have any laws like that I have no idea what it is and what it does. I tried googling but couldn't find out what it really does. So if someone wouldn't mind telling me that would be great.

Thanks,
Luke

[FatalKitty]

LOCK, not safe


what it does it stops the magazine from being released without the use of a tool.

[LJP93]

Ok makes sense. Thanks for the info.

[Bhobbs]

They probably meant a magazine lock. It's also called a bullet button. There is plenty of info here about them.

Edit: Fatal beat me to it.

[FatalKitty]

it sucks, but we have some court cases fighting the law right now

[LJP93]

Yeah it seems like a pretty stupid law. Sucks too cause I was about to buy an Armalite M15A2 but then I found out it's illegal in California.