[IYAS9YAS]

I have a question about pre-ban magazines and the legal issues surrounding them. I notice a lot of high capacity magazines for sale that say "pre-ban" on them. Are they legal to use or not? Why or why not? I noticed Para Ordnance is selling a Para Carry 12 with a 12-round capacity magazine with a disclaimer that only police and military may use anything over 10 rounds. What's the deal?

[BCR #226]

Yes, preban magazines are legal for you to use. Only magazines with more than 10 round capacity and manufactured after September 13, 1994 are considered LEO only or postban. At the sunset, all of those magazines will be legal for any of us to own...

Many people phrase things poorly and give improper meaning to things. Most of the time, this is unintentional.

Mike

[Sender]

Pre-ban high capacity magazines (over 10 rounds) are any mags that were made before the ban date, and there were millions in existence. The law only covers US-made high cap mags, and requires any made after the ban date to be stamped "restricted - law enforcement only". There is nothing in the law restricting imported high cap mags (Feinstein wants to fix that) nor is there any restriction on selling US-made preban mags (she'll fix that too).

So many gun retailers and makers are offering new guns along with preban mags, and there is nothing illegal about that. The only mags that you cannot own or buy have the restricted LE only markings clearly stamped on them.