HCM aquired while sworn

[dkindrumr]

Can a former LEO keep their Normal Cap mags once they have left the dept they worked for?

Thanks

[tquizzle]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the answer is yes they can. The illegal act is not mere possession. If they were acquired legally you can possess them with no qualms.

[003]

Yes, as noted above simple possession of full capacity (high capacity) magazines is not illegal. It is illegal to import, sell, and/or manufacture, (assemble from parts kits). It is legal to possess full capacity magazines that were obtained legally. For non Law Enforcement, that means prior to the date of the law, for retired cops that means either prior to the date of the law and/or those magazines that were obtained during active law enforcement service.

[Che762x39]

I am a lawman and was told different. If your retired your ok. But you quit or get fired you do not retain the "exemption" for high capacity magazines.

[tquizzle]

That is true for weapons purchased with a department letter. Those aren't supposed to be kept but the magazines are fine.

[003]

Whoever told you that is mistaken.

I am a lawman and was told different. If your retired your ok. But you quit or get fired you do not retain the "exemption" for high capacity magazines.

[yzErnie]

I am a lawman and was told different. If your retired your ok. But you quit or get fired you do not retain the "exemption" for high capacity magazines.

Legally owned property. You can keep them.

That is true for weapons purchased with a department letter. Those aren't supposed to be kept but the magazines are fine.

HUH? I (and many others) have plenty of firearms that were purchased with Letterhead and when I retired I was under no obligation to get rid of them. That is some of the worst FUD I have heard in a long time.

[CBR_rider]

Yup

[Bob Hostetter]

You can keep them if you purchased them but not if you were issued them.

[dkindrumr]

Thanks again everyone, I appreciate the quick response to my question.

[SVT-40]

You can keep them if you purchased them but not if you were issued them.

Wrong.. If your agency allows you to keep issued magazines after retirement they are legal for you to keep and use...

That is true for weapons purchased with a department letter. Those aren't supposed to be kept but the magazines are fine.

All a "department letter" does is allow the gun store to release the firearm to you without the ten day wait...

It has nothing to do with ownership....

[ke6guj]

HUH? I (and many others) have plenty of firearms that were purchased with Letterhead and when I retired I was under no obligation to get rid of them. That is some of the worst FUD I have heard in a long time.

All a "department letter" does is allow the gun store to release the firearm to you without the ten day wait...

It has nothing to do with ownership....

I think he might be mixing up 10-day exemption letters with AW-acquisition letters. nothing should affect those firearms purchased with a 10-day letter, but the AG opinion letter might affect continued AW-ownership after separation from the LEA.

[Che762x39]

So then not a problem if somebody retires and has a G17 and 17 rd mags and a 33rd too. So that is cool as a "former lawman"

[Che762x39]

You can keep them if you purchased them but not if you were issued them.

Is that because my Beretta 92FS magazines say, "for military and L.E. use only"? Or at least the ones that felled into the ocean did.

[003]

A bit of history for the young guys. For the ten year period between 1994-2004, there was a federal “assault weapon ban” that included full capacity magazines. All full capacity magazines made during those 10 years were marked “restricted LE/military”. While existing magazines made prior to 1994 continued to be legally bought and sold, magazines made during those ten years were restricted to LE and the military.

There was a sunset clause in the law, and it expired in 2004. At that time the restricted wording became meaningless and was no longer required on new production magazines. While there may be some confusion relative to the legally of magazines with the restricted wording, they are in fact completely legal for anyone to own outside of the few states that currently restrict magazine capacity, California of course being one.

Also, as noted above any former LE that obtained restricted magazines during the ten year federal assault weaon ban (or any time after) can keep and use them, the same as magazines without the restriced wording.