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Trial date set for late 2023 over large capacity magazine ban in Washington state

Sep 28, 2022, 2:51 PM

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Gun safety advocates rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court before during oral arguments in the Second Amendment case NY State Rifle & Pistol v. City of New York, NY on December 2, 2019 in Washington, DC. Several gun owners and the NRA's New York affiliate challenged New York City laws concerning handgun ownership and and they contend the city's gun license laws are overly restrictive and potentially unconstitutional. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

A federal judge in Seattle has scheduled a trial in the to Washington State鈥檚 new ban on high-capacity magazines for late 2023.

The Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation sued the state over the ban on the selling, manufacturing, or importing magazines that hold more than ten rounds. The ban took effect in July 2022.

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The lawsuit cites 2nd and 14th amendment violations in its claim that the ban is unconstitutional and questions what the plaintiffs contend is an arbitrary number of ten rounds.

鈥淢any of the most popular handguns and modern semiautomatic rifles come standard with magazines that hold more than ten rounds,” told GunMag.com’s Dave Workman when the lawsuit was filed. “Such firearms are legally owned by Washington residents. As we note in the lawsuit, there is no reliable proof that restrictions on new manufacturing or sales of such magazines will reduce violent crime. This law unfairly and arbitrarily penalizes honest citizens for crimes they didn鈥檛 commit, in the hopes of preventing crimes they wouldn鈥檛 dream of committing.鈥

However, Democratic State Senator Marko Llias, who sponsored the bill behind the ban, told 成人X站 Newsradio鈥檚 Hanna Scott the standard magazine argument falls flat. Llias now contends that many gun and magazine manufacturers have altered the size of their new standard magazines due to similar laws passed in other states.

Gun safety advocates praised the new law, claiming such magazines are often used in mass shootings and are only intended to kill as many people as possible.

Chief District Judge David G. Estudillao has scheduled the trial to start over a year from now in December 2023. However, there is a chance Washington鈥檚 new law could be nullified. The 9th Circuit could find a similar California law unconstitutional in the wake of a U.S. earlier this year that stated more 鈥渕eans-end scrutiny鈥 could not be applied to Second Amendment cases.

That decision opened the door for reexaminating cases that previously failed in lower federal courts, including the California law.

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