ALBANY â Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers rushed a gun-control law through in January that prohibits the sale of magazines that can hold more than seven bullets, the nationâs lowest limit. Problem is, nobody makes seven-bullet magazines. Now, state leaders are planning to suspend the prohibition, which is due to take effect April 15, until they can rewrite the measure. The nationâs first new gun-control law since last Decemberâs Newtown school massacre reduces the number of bullets allowed in a magazine to seven from 10, except at firing ranges and shooting competitions. âGun manufacturers donât make seven-round magazines and arenât planning to,â Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver conceded yesterday. Lawmakers will have to put the measure on hold â but any new measure, they say, would still limit the number of bullets that can be carried to seven in a larger magazine. Silver said he, Cuomo and Senate leaders plan to suspend any provision of the law that âpresumes that manufacturers are going to manufactureâ seven-round magazines. He said the length of the suspension hasnât been determined. Cuomoâs office had no comment yesterday, but the governor this week conceded âthere is no such thing as a seven-bullet magazine . . . so you really have no practical option.â http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/misfiring_squad_9noW09cc6725TETcursqxJ
Not to worry. New York has already set up a hotline where you can report your neighbor for having an illegal gun with a clip that allows more than 7 bullets. This will allow the police SWAT squad to show up, use a battering ram on the door, and lock up the criminal gun owner.
Obviously the plan all along was make semi-automatics with more capacity than 7 rounds illegal. They knew there were no 7 round mags they just thought they could get away with banning guns on a technicality. It would be like only guns without sights as being legal. See no ban just that every gun out there has them.
The Model 1911 45 auto uses a 7 round mag. And they are going fast. http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-GI-M1911...563?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7f7dfdc3
Hopefully the law will be declared unconstitutional as it violates the Heller standard of banning guns in common useage.