Keep Americans Safe Act


The Keep Americans Safe Act is a bill to prohibit the import, sale, manufacture, transfer or possession of magazines that accept more than 10 rounds for civilian use. The bill was originally introduced after the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. As of March 2019, the bill did not have any Republican co-sponsors. The bill was approved by the House Judiciary Committee in September 2019.

Criticism

One criticism of the legislation is that it will have only limited impact on urban gun homicides, which are mainly committed with handguns. Also, many mass shooters already use handguns. Furthermore, off-duty and retired police officers are exempt from the ban, despite statements by politicians that these types of magazines have "no lawful use".