Is New York's 7-round magazine capacity limit a backdoor ban on semi-automatic handguns?

thisistwitchy | 11:19 AM on January 16, 2013

New York’s new gun law imposes a seven-round magazine capacity limit on handguns.

As Anna Rittgers notes, “there are blindingly few semiautomatic handguns manufactured to hold magazines with a maximum capacity of only seven rounds.”

Some Twitter users say this means that the majority of semi-automatic handguns in New York will be illegal.

@hannityshow So the new gun law in NY has made most all self defense handguns illegal since most semi-automatic handguns have 10 rnd clips

— Jerry Rogers (@JerryLRogers) January 16, 2013

https://twitter.com/LogicalSkeptic/status/291506649921892352

@gunexpert As a NY'er, if my pistol has more than 7 rounds in the magazine in MY OWN HOME, it is now illegal. Absolute lunacy.

— Tom Dennison (@ThomasDennison1) January 16, 2013

Glad I don’t live in NY. It’s illegal to own a clip that has more than 7 rounds in it? That’s a little ridiculous.

— Александр (@alexandrT_) January 16, 2013

https://twitter.com/PapaBartik/status/291406988506705920

The standard 4 ammunition is 10 rounds & now NYC law made it 7 – that means all those celebrity bodyguards are illegal, most of NY & police

— Averebely (@AVerebely) January 16, 2013

@FraggleStikkCar NY Law any magazine over 7 rounds is now illegal.WTH?No grandfather clause.Most ppl have at least 10rounds.

— Kelly (@flyoverangel) January 16, 2013

Similar comments at Glock Talk:

“It’s an attempt at a back door ban on most pistols. Cuomo picked 7 because all the gun manufacturers currently make 10 round mags for the restrictive states and New York is hoping the manufacturers will not want to make 7 rounders just for New York.”

“My guess is that it’s a back door ban: no one makes 7-round mags, and I doubt manufacturers will jump on the bandwagon for NY…”