The legislature has “tweaked” the SAFE Act.<\/p>\n
Since nobody makes 7 round magazines, the legislature is going to allow the sale of 10 rounders, but you can only put 7 rounds in them, except when you’re at a range target shooting and then you can load all 10. \u00a0 The brilliance of this move was a topic of discussion<\/a> yesterday during budget debates:<\/p>\n “… the tweaks to the SAFE Act prompted some of the sharpest exchanges, beginning with Republican Steve McLaughlin<\/a> fencing with Joe Lentol<\/a>, who had defended the gun control law in the chamber when it was passed in January. \u00a0McLaughlin scoffed at the idea that the law allows 10 rounds in a magazine at a pistol range but not at home. \u00a0\u201cI can practice defending my family with 10 rounds \u2026 but I can actually defend my family for real with seven rounds?,\u201d he asked …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Exactly.<\/p>\n