KRDO news story on magazine ban, with info on arrests

[JamesB]

Colorado Springs TV station KRDO did a story on Feb 9 2017, concerning the magazine ban http://www.krdo.com/news/colorado-sp...-ban/323772960

The story includes a spreadsheet of every prosecution for a violation of the magazine ban, including case number, date and originating agency (what law enforcement agency brought the case). There are more than you might think, and they're not all out of Denver. http://static.lakana.com/npg-krdo-me...79_ver1.0.xlsx

[Wulf202]

Thanks

[mtnrider]

Interesting. When I was listening to the mag repeal testimony at the house committee the other night pretty sure out of all the cases only 2 were found guilty or prosecuted, and one of those the guy pled guilty on his own.


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[newracer]

26 our of 42 dismissed
15 out of 42 is described as being used during another crime

[Rumline]

Per the article the "other crimes" were, at least in several instances, traffic stops.

[Irving]

Per the article the "other crimes" were, at least in several instances, traffic stops.

I wonder if people are being too forthcoming during traffic stops, or if other things were going on that led to them being asked to exit the vehicle.

[skoodge]

I believe I saw on another website, referencing the same spreadsheet, that most if not all of the cases referenced, the magazine limit was an add-on charge, not the main charge.

[cstone]

15 out of 41 cases on the spreadsheet list no case status. The other 26 cases show the status as dismissed. I am unsure if this means the magazine charge was dismissed or the entire case was dismissed. I suspect it to be the former, but this isn't clear from the data provided. Since one of the elements that must be proven is the magazine was not possessed prior to the effective date of the ban I would suspect that this would be a very difficult charge to make unless the defendant makes incriminating statements during the investigation or after arrest.

Yet again, if you have the right to remain silent... Use It.

[roberth]

Yup, never pass up an opportunity to keep our big yaps shut.

[XJ]

Other than Magpul, what other common magazines are date coded by the mfr?

Of course there are some magazines did not exist years ago, that's a different discussion.