KEEP IT SIMPLE - 10 rounds. Period.
Personally I think the whole thing is too complicated for citizens to properly understand and follow and for law enforcement to enforce!
If I had my way I would make it simple: Magazine Capacity would be 10 rounds regardless of type of firearm or ammo. This would mean the 10/22 - 25 round mags and drums would become(remain) prohibited and if you used a Beowulf mag in your AR with 14-15 rounds it would become prohibited (but if you used it in a beowulf that would be OK). On the other hand the SKS rifles could be de-pined and 10 round AR mags etc would be perfectly OK as well. On the shotgun side The rules might be a bit different, say 10 rounds of the maximum shell length the firearm is capable of holding so 10 3" for my mossberg.
I realize this would hurt a small number of people but it would HELP most everyone else and by making the rules SIMPLE, it can be easily argued it then improves PUBLIC SAFETY because it is easy to understand and enforce. (OK, we all no mag limits are bull#### for public safety but NO mag limits is just never going to happen!)
(There is a real world example of "use makes it prohibited" - I have a digital scanner. I am allowed to own it under my ham radio license. Legally I can use it to scan ham radio frequencies in both digital and analogue modes. IF I use it to scan anything other than ham radio, regardless of what it is, it becomes prohibited. In other words I can listen to local EMS on my analogue scanner no problem but if I do the exact same thing on my digital scanner then it's illegal and subject to a $250 fine. Now I realize it's kind of stupid, HOWEVER, it's an example of how you could own something like a Beowulf mag and it's legal until you put it in your AR and then it's not legal.)
Personally I think the whole thing is too complicated for citizens to properly understand and follow and for law enforcement to enforce!
If I had my way I would make it simple: Magazine Capacity would be 10 rounds regardless of type of firearm or ammo. This would mean the 10/22 - 25 round mags and drums would become(remain) prohibited and if you used a Beowulf mag in your AR with 14-15 rounds it would become prohibited (but if you used it in a beowulf that would be OK). On the other hand the SKS rifles could be de-pined and 10 round AR mags etc would be perfectly OK as well. On the shotgun side The rules might be a bit different, say 10 rounds of the maximum shell length the firearm is capable of holding so 10 3" for my mossberg.
I realize this would hurt a small number of people but it would HELP most everyone else and by making the rules SIMPLE, it can be easily argued it then improves PUBLIC SAFETY because it is easy to understand and enforce. (OK, we all no mag limits are bull#### for public safety but NO mag limits is just never going to happen!)
(There is a real world example of "use makes it prohibited" - I have a digital scanner. I am allowed to own it under my ham radio license. Legally I can use it to scan ham radio frequencies in both digital and analogue modes. IF I use it to scan anything other than ham radio, regardless of what it is, it becomes prohibited. In other words I can listen to local EMS on my analogue scanner no problem but if I do the exact same thing on my digital scanner then it's illegal and subject to a $250 fine. Now I realize it's kind of stupid, HOWEVER, it's an example of how you could own something like a Beowulf mag and it's legal until you put it in your AR and then it's not legal.)
