California’s Bullet Button Ban Has Only Led to More Featureless Rifles

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By Sam Bocetta

California has long been one of the states with the strictest gun laws, and in 1989, it became the first state to implement an assault weapons ban. That eventually led to the creation of the bullet button, a device that allowed Californians to own modified versions of rifles that the state considered an assault weapon, including the popular AR-15. In July of 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed several bills that expanded the state’s gun control laws, with SB 880/AB 1135 addressing the bullet button. That hasn’t stopped California’s large population of gun enthusiasts from coming up with new ways around those expanded laws. How Bullet Buttons Followed California’s Assault Weapons Laws When California set up its assault weapon laws, it included specific features for a rifle to be considered an assault weapon. The rifle would need to have a removable magazine along with any of these features: A flash suppressor A pistol grip A forward pistol grip An adjustable/collapsible stock The above features are common with AR-15s and many other rifles. Gun owners and manufacturers in California found a solution with the bullet button. This is a device that gets installed on the gun’s magazine release. A traditional magazine release …

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