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In reply to the discussion: Hillary: "I believe law abiding, responsible Americans have a right to own guns" [View all]TeddyR
(2,493 posts)And certainly easier than banning semi-automatic weapons altogether (which I don't think will ever happen). But at some point I believe the magazine limit becomes too small (5 is too small IMO). A handful of states have 10 round limits and those have held up to legal challenges so far. NY had a 7 round limit and that was struck down, in part because nobody currently produces a 7-round magazine. But there are plenty of stories about people needing significantly more than 5 rounds to protect themselves, either because they missed a bunch of times or because the times they hit did not stop an attacker. I suspect you MIGHT get a 20 round limit passed but anything less than that would be difficult, and I don't think there's any way that a law restricting you to less than 10 rounds would pass.