DOJ Sues Colorado Over Firearm Magazine Ban

U.S. Department of Justice files second lawsuit over gun laws in Colorado, saying the bans violate the Second Amendment.

A gun store employee shows the differences between high-capacity magazines for a handgun (L), an AK-style rifle (2L), and AR-style rifles at Lawful Defense in Gainesville, Fla., on April 19, 2023. Nanette Holt/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the State of Colorado and the Colorado Department of Public Safety over its ban on certain ammunition magazines compatible with so-called “assault weapons” in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado on Wednesday.

Colorado Revised Statute 18-12-302(1)(a) defines “large-capacity magazines” as a “fixed or detachable magazine, box, drum, feed strip, or similar device capable [or readily convertible to accept] more than fifteen rounds of ammunition.”