Two whole generations grew up without LCMs. The federal AW laws went into effect in 1994 limiting the transfer of "new" LCMs, hence magazines labeled for LE only, and sunset in 2004.
During which CA added their own AW laws that included LCMs in 1999. Soooo... basically, if you didn't get them then, you were SOL. If you were born after 94, there was no legal way to acquire LCMs without an exemption...
So when the ruling came out, that was 2 full generations of folks that grew up not knowing, and well, like everything else, you'll want it if someone tells you that you can't have it.
Likewise, there are plenty of folks that shoot/compete/prep that finally were able to definitively legally acquire LCMs for pistols/rifles that they all know in love that were developed or put on market after 99'.
So in effect, people chose to exercise their basic Constitutional Rights, some for the first time ever, in relation to the 2nd Amendment as far as LCMs, that in itself should be enough of a reason.
Dan
During which CA added their own AW laws that included LCMs in 1999. Soooo... basically, if you didn't get them then, you were SOL. If you were born after 94, there was no legal way to acquire LCMs without an exemption...
So when the ruling came out, that was 2 full generations of folks that grew up not knowing, and well, like everything else, you'll want it if someone tells you that you can't have it.
Likewise, there are plenty of folks that shoot/compete/prep that finally were able to definitively legally acquire LCMs for pistols/rifles that they all know in love that were developed or put on market after 99'.
So in effect, people chose to exercise their basic Constitutional Rights, some for the first time ever, in relation to the 2nd Amendment as far as LCMs, that in itself should be enough of a reason.
Dan

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