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.
Similar comments at Glock Talk:
Others say handguns with ten-round magazines are grandfathered provided the user loads only seven rounds:
Many gun owners simply aren’t sure what the law means.
Much more discussion here and here.
We hope officials in New York will clear up the confusion by issuing a definitive statement.
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