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    You guys are lucky.

    You want confusion? Move to Hawaii.

    High Capacity Pistol Magazines are banned. No grandfathering either. They're illegal. Period.

    The law says "any magazine that is capable of being used in a pistol".

    We all know there are AR15 pistols, and 10/22 pistols, and all sorts of other pistols.

    However these are all banned in Hawaii under its "Assault Pistols" law.

    So do the high capacity magazine laws apply or not? Technically a 30rd AR magazine can be used in a pistol. However, the pistols that use them are illegal in this state.

    District Attorneys for most of the islands except Oahu have stated they will not prosecute someone using a high capacity magazine in a rifle but I don't live on those islands and I wouldn't take their word for it anyway.

    To make it even more confusing, some gun stores sell 30rd mags, others won't.
    Last edited by Eurodriver; 05-22-11 at 13:07.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eurodriver View Post
    You guys are lucky.

    You want confusion? Move to Hawaii.

    High Capacity Pistol Magazines are banned. No grandfathering either. They're illegal. Period.

    The law says "any magazine that is capable of being used in a pistol".

    We all know there are AR15 pistols, and 10/22 pistols, and all sorts of other pistols.

    However these are all banned in Hawaii under its "Assault Pistols" law.

    So do the high capacity magazine laws apply or not? Technically a 30rd AR magazine can be used in a pistol. However, the pistols that use them are illegal in this state.

    District Attorneys for most of the islands except Oahu have stated they will not prosecute someone using a high capacity magazine in a rifle but I don't live on those islands and I wouldn't take their word for it anyway.

    To make it even more confusing, some gun stores sell 30rd mags, others won't.
    I feel for you, man. CA isn't a whole lot better. Being LEO helps, but not that much.

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    NJ is very bad. No grandfathering here either. Anything over 15 rds is illegal. And it is also illegal to dispose of hi cap mags. So, if u had them when the law went into effect in 1990 and wanted to throw them out so u won't get in trouble, that is also a crime.

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    CA states that importation, construction, selling / offering for sale is illegal.
    Buying, possession & use is NOT illegal. Magazines shipped disassembled, as a "rebuild kit" is 100% legal. Date stamps do not matter, rebuilding your preban high capacity mags from new production mags is legal, parts from the old mag are NOT required in the new one. Proof of ownership before the ban is not required.

    Ex. You can rebuild an old 30rd USGI mag with 100% PMAG parts. Generally you can't have more hicaps than you started with.


    1.Cannot use 11+ rounders in a Maglocked rifle
    2.30rd magaines are legal in a non-pistol grip weapon

    Some people have high cap mags from pistols that are made post-ban (XD, M&P). Theoretically, there was no way for you to acquire this after the ban, but use is 100% legal. There are exceptions to this however, such as purchasing from an armored car company, finding, etc.

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    Banned state mags

    Quote:Using 10+ magazine in a maglocked rifle is a Felony.
    I have a registered Assault weapon in Calif. I do not take any of my many 10+ round mags to the range when I go with my son and his off list lowered rifle, I own two off list lowers myself so I have several 10 rounders.
    I have rebuilt all my mags with Magpul followers and CP product plates but I am thinking I am going to use Magpul ranger plates for my dedicated 300 Blkout mags. Just want to be able to id them in a hurry if I need to.

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    Just to clarify as I saw no mention of this but I was under the impression that in "ban states" you could not utilize "hi-cap" mags in a post ban lower? Any input?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jet80tv View Post
    Just to clarify as I saw no mention of this but I was under the impression that in "ban states" you could not utilize "hi-cap" mags in a post ban lower? Any input?
    In MA it is all prebans (unless LEO). It doesn't matter if the firearm is pre or post ban.

    You do have to have the high capacity license though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jet80tv
    Just to clarify as I saw no mention of this but I was under the impression that in "ban states" you could not utilize "hi-cap" mags in a post ban lower?
    In NY as posted a couple pages back:
    The magazine law is seperate from the receiver law.

    You can put a pre-ban mag in a pre or post ban receiver
    You cannot put a post-ban mag in a pre or post ban reciever

    *this does not neccisarily apply to New York city, as they are in a little world all thier own and have rules different than the rest of the state because they're special.
    Special Ed that is.
    Last edited by GTifosi; 08-21-11 at 16:50.

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