Known as House Bill 13-1224 while it worked its way through the legislature, the large-capacity magazine ban was part of a package of gun restrictions that also implemented a universal background check requirement for purchases and required buyers to pay the background check fee. So how might the suspect have gotten a hold of the 10 prohibited magazines the DA said investigators found on him or in his car? A handful of possible ways, it turns out.Ĭolorado’s law bans the sale, transfer and possession of magazines holding more than 15 rounds And charges against the Boulder suspect include 10 counts of using a prohibited high-capacity magazine while committing a felony. In a news conference last week, Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said he believes high-capacity gun magazines used in March’s supermarket attack were sold legally.īut in 2013, following the Aurora theater massacre, Colorado’s legislature banned magazines holding more than 15 rounds.
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