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1. Heh. Heh.

   For One week, High-Capacity Magazines Were Legal in CA. Hundreds of Thousands May Have Been Sold
   The San Francisco Chronicle | April 11, 2019 | Matthias Gafni

   A ban on the sale of ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds has been a linchpin of California’s efforts to prevent mass shootings for nearly two decades.

   But in the span of a single week after a federal judge temporarily set aside the prohibition, hundreds of thousands of the devices, if not millions, made their way into the hands of state residents, industry leaders say.

   The run on high-capacity magazines from March 29 to April 5 — so fervid that online traffic from gun enthusiasts around the state crashed at least one retail website — was hailed as “Freedom Week” by the California Rifle and Pistol Association and criticized as an alarming safety breach by gun-control advocates.

   The ruling in San Diego by Judge Roger Benitez, who said the sales ban on the magazines violated the Second Amendment, was stayed last week pending a challenge to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. But not before it triggered a celebratory frenzy as dealers courted customers in California, many offering discounts amid a mass shift of inventory to the Golden State.

   “There was a huge pent-up demand for these standard-capacity magazines,” said Chuck Michel, a lawyer for the National Rifle Association and the president of the California Rifle and Pistol Association, contending that the magazines that have been off-limits should not be referred to as “high-capacity.”

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