Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Ban on High-Capacity Gun Magazines

A federal appeals court declined last year to block the District of Columbia’s ammunition law.

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 Supreme Court on June 6 turned away a legal challenge targeting the District of Columbia’s ban on magazines with more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

The court denied the petition in Hanson v. District of Columbia in an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision.