Federal Appeals Court Won’t Block DC Law Limiting Size of Gun Ammo Magazines

The plaintiff argued that the District’s magazine cap is unconstitutional according to a test that the Supreme Court articulated in the 2022 Bruen ruling.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in the federal E. Barrett Prettyman courthouse in Washington on Aug. 12, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A federal appeals court in Washington denied a gun rights challenge on Oct. 29 to the District of Columbia’s ban on magazines with more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Lead appellant Andrew Hanson appealed U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras’s April 20, 2023, decision that denied Hanson’s request to block the law on constitutional grounds. Contreras found that the local law adheres to the U.S. Constitution.