DC’s Large-Capacity Magazine Ban Constitutional, Court Says (1)

The District of Columbia’s large-capacity magazine ban survived a preliminary constitutional challenge in federal court on Thursday.

Judge Rudolph Contreras of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said that large-capacity magazines implicate “unprecedented societal concerns” and are the object of “dramatic technological changes” warranting a public safety response.

The order denied gun owners’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the law, setting up possible review by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

The case is the latest in a series of high-profile legal challenges to state gun laws following the US Supreme Court’s recent ...