San Francisco sues gun companies over high-capacity magazines

[jpak]

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_23434834/san-francisco-sues-gun-companies-over-high-capacity

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco is suing three gun accessories companies and one gun show promoter, alleging they sold disassembled high-capacity magazines disguised as repair kits in violation of California law, the city attorney said Monday.

The companies and the gun show promoter were trying to circumvent a state ban on the sale of high-capacity magazines by calling them repair kits, City Attorney Dennis Herrera said in the statement. But the kits can easily be assembled into high-capacity magazines like those used in recent mass shootings in Connecticut and Colorado, Herrera said.

"The gun businesses we've sued today think they've devised a clever end-run around California law by selling fully functional high-capacity magazines that have simply been disassembled into a few easily reassembled parts," Herrera said in the statement. "Our litigation intends to prove otherwise."

Herrera said the companies named in the suit sold the magazines online. They are Oregon-based 44Mag Distributing, Texas-based Exile Machine and Ohio-based Copes Distributing. Herrera also sued Utah-based gun show promoter B&L Productions.

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[gejohnston]

1. which are completly legal under CA law.

So, why is he pissing away SF tax payer money suing out of state companies selling legal products in CA? Does he even have standing? I'm guessing a judge is going to tell him to FOAD, but he can say "he did something" to run for another office.

[DonP]

2. SFO, another big NRA and SAF supporter

Funny how some cities keep sending the NRA and SAF checks.

What was their last "donation", $365,000 for their unconstitutional handgun ban a few years back IIRC?

[rl6214]

3. It's google dump time

More like taking a dump time.