Los Angeles leaders outlaw high-capacity gun magazines
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The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban the possession of high-capacity gun magazines following deadly mass shootings nationwide.
Tuesday's 12-0 vote closes a loophole in state law that banned the manufacture and sale of magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition -- but not their possession.
Mayor Eric Garcetti says he'll sign the measure, saying it will save lives and prevent crime.
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People who have the magazines will have 60 days from the time the law takes effect to sell, destroy or take them out of the city.
Councilman Paul Krekorian led a two-year push for the ban. At a rally before the vote, he mentioned mass shootings near the University of California, Santa Barbara; at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut; and at a reserve center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.