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9th August 2015, 04:31 PM
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti signs law banning large-capacity gun magazines
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On Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signs a law banning the possession of large-capacity gun magazines inside city limits. The new law prohibits owning gun magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News)
By City News Service
Posted: 08/07/15, 5:53 PM PDT | Updated: 38 mins ago
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On Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti holds a 30-round gun magazine during a City Hall news conference during which he signed a law banning the possession of large-capacity gun magazines inside city limits. This law prohibits owning gun magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
LOS ANGELES >> Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law Friday a ban on the possession of large-capacity gun magazines with more than 10 rounds and called on national leaders to follow the Los Angeles example in adopting similar gun laws.
Such measures are “common sense and they should be nationwide,” Garcetti said during a City Hall signing event Friday.
“Sadly, in the face of overwhelming evidence, swelling public support and the endless tragic deaths ... Washington refuses to act. But we have power right here,” the mayor said.
The citywide ban, approved last week (http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20150728/los-angeles-council-passes-law-banning-possession-of-large-capacity-gun-magazines) by the Los Angeles City Council, closes a loophole in the state’s existing ban of large-capacity ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, city officials said.
State law prohibits importing, selling and manufacturing such devices but allows people to own or possess them.
Councilman Paul Krekorian, author of the city ban, said that despite the state prohibitions, California residents can still order large-capacity magazine clips — sometimes with 30 rounds or more — through online websites and then pass them off as magazines they owned prior to the state law going into effect.
“Would it be illegal for those (high-capacity magazines) to be sent into California? Yes. But once they’re here, if somebody has that in their backpack, how is law enforcement going to be able to make a determination whether it was purchased 20 years ago or 20 minutes ago?” Krekorian said.
http://www.dailynews.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/LA/20150807/NEWS/150809578/AR/0/AR-150809578.jpg&maxh=400&maxw=667
On Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signs a law banning the possession of large-capacity gun magazines inside city limits. The new law prohibits owning gun magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News)
By City News Service
Posted: 08/07/15, 5:53 PM PDT | Updated: 38 mins ago
# Comments (http://www.dailynews.com/government-and-politics/20150807/la-mayor-eric-garcetti-signs-law-banning-large-capacity-gun-magazines#disqus_thread)
http://www.dailynews.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/LA/20150807/NEWS/150809578/EP/1/1/EP-150809578.jpg&maxh=400&maxw=667
On Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti holds a 30-round gun magazine during a City Hall news conference during which he signed a law banning the possession of large-capacity gun magazines inside city limits. This law prohibits owning gun magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
LOS ANGELES >> Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law Friday a ban on the possession of large-capacity gun magazines with more than 10 rounds and called on national leaders to follow the Los Angeles example in adopting similar gun laws.
Such measures are “common sense and they should be nationwide,” Garcetti said during a City Hall signing event Friday.
“Sadly, in the face of overwhelming evidence, swelling public support and the endless tragic deaths ... Washington refuses to act. But we have power right here,” the mayor said.
The citywide ban, approved last week (http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20150728/los-angeles-council-passes-law-banning-possession-of-large-capacity-gun-magazines) by the Los Angeles City Council, closes a loophole in the state’s existing ban of large-capacity ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, city officials said.
State law prohibits importing, selling and manufacturing such devices but allows people to own or possess them.
Councilman Paul Krekorian, author of the city ban, said that despite the state prohibitions, California residents can still order large-capacity magazine clips — sometimes with 30 rounds or more — through online websites and then pass them off as magazines they owned prior to the state law going into effect.
“Would it be illegal for those (high-capacity magazines) to be sent into California? Yes. But once they’re here, if somebody has that in their backpack, how is law enforcement going to be able to make a determination whether it was purchased 20 years ago or 20 minutes ago?” Krekorian said.