High capacity magazines are banned in Vermont.
Seriously! "Gun friendly Vermont" won't let you buy high capacity magazines as of 1 October 2018. On the other hand, it seems that possession of one is legal? I'm going by this:
https://tinyurl.com/vermontgunlaws
And the word of politicians.
I could get it if there was a lot of gun violence in Vermont. Well, other than the state has the highest rate of gun death in New England.https://vtdigger.org/2021/04/01/allie-breyer-vermont-has-the-highest-rate-of-gun-deaths-in-new-england/ OK, this is suicides, not the type of gun violence most other places see.
It also has had 1 mass shooting in the period from 2013-2019: https://www.gvpedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Vermont-Mass-Shootings-State-Fact-Sheet-1.pdf
I am dead certain that the High Capacity Magazine ban has prevented a steep rise in mass shootings.
Did I forget to mention that "assault rifles" are still legal? And you don't need a permit to carry a concealed handgun.
And this mess passed the Vermont Supreme Court. I have this weird feeling that the only person charged under this law will try to take it to SCOTUS, which will probably side with him since he is the stereotypical republican. In fact, he's the stereotypical gun owner.
While I support gun laws: I would like them to make sense.
And this is as out to lunch as you can get.
Hey, wait!!! Vermont also has recreational cannibis...
I guess we know what the Vermont lawmakers were on when they came up with this.
This: https://everytownresearch.org/rankings/?source=emne_states_courts_20230725&refcode=emne_states_courts_20230725
is what started this. I'm not sure how they came up with their rankings, but this is one of the many reasons I am on the outs with a lot of the "gun violence prevention" organisations.
