CA Bill to amend definition of Assult Rifle

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Existing law, with certain exceptions, prohibits the possession of an
assault weapon, as defined, and makes violations subject to criminal
penalties. Existing law defines a firearm as an assault weapon, in part,
based upon whether it has a detachable magazine.
This bill would define “detachable magazine” for this purpose to
mean any ammunition feeding device that can be removed from the
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firearm without disassembly of the firearm action, and to include a
magazine that may be detached from the firearm by depressing a button
on the firearm either with the finger or by use of a tool or a bullet. The
bill would declare that these amendments are declaratory of existing
law, would direct the Attorney General to adopt regulations, and would
make these amendments operative July 1, 2013.

By tweeking the language that defines the "detachable magazine" a firearm with a "detachable magazine" as an "assault weapon" will include the Winchester model 100, Ruger 10/22 and many other firearms that have "detachable magazines" as "assault weapons"