Justice Department sues Colorado over high-capacity magazine ban
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Updated · The New York Times · May 6
Justice Department sues Colorado over high-capacity magazine ban
13 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 6
Filed on Wednesday, the suit challenges Colorado's post-Aurora law barring magazines holding more than 15 rounds.
The department says the ban effectively outlaws standard magazines used in many popular weapons and violates the Second Amendment.
It follows a lawsuit a day earlier against Denver's 1989 assault-weapons ban, as Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser called the latest case a dangerous federal overreach.
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