Federal judge blocks California ban on high-capacity magazines A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday finding that a voter-approved California law barring people from possessing magazines with more than 10 bullets would have made criminals of thousands of otherwise law-abiding citizens who now own the magazines.

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday finding that a voter-approved California law barring people from possessing magazines with more than 10 bullets would have made criminals of thousands of otherwise law-abiding citizens who now own the magazines. Federal judge blocks California ban on high-capacity magazines Good news for California! U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, who is based in San Diego, issued a preliminary injuction Thursday that found the law was likely unconstitutional because it prevented people from using firearms that employed “whatever common magazine size he or she judges best suits the situation.”