DEFINITIONS
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Ass'n of N.J. Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. v. Attorney Gen. N.J. (2018)
Most recently applied in Virginia Duncan v. Rob Bonta (March 2025)
Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
As used in this part, “large-capacity magazine” means any ammunition feeding device with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, but shall not be construed to include any of the following:
(a) A feeding device that has been permanently altered so that it cannot accommodate more than 10 rounds.
(b) A .22 caliber tube ammunition feeding device.
(c) A tubular magazine that is contained in a lever-action firearm.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.