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In reply to the discussion: California gun laws: Jerry Brown signs major new restrictions on firearms owners, rejects others [View all]happyslug
(14,779 posts)The M1 magazine consists of two parts, the parts inside the M1 AND the en bloc magazine holding the M1s eight rounds. The eight round en bloc clip does NOT meet the definition of a fixed magazine as set forth in section 8 of the new law.
Now the M1 as used in WWII, had none of the features listed in section 1, but many of those items were retrofitted to M1s starting in the 1960s. The flash suppressor was one, through in US service only for testing purposes. None of those additional features apply to the SKS for the SKS magazine is clearly fixed as defined in section 8 of the new law.
I was going to add the M1 as another example of a semi-automatic exempt from this ban, but the M1's exemption is not as clear as the SKS. Section 1 does not apply to the SKS without going into the addional features of Section 1, for the M1 you have to clear all of those features given the M1's magazine. The M1, as used in WWII, is clearly exempt but only if no one has retrofitted any of the banned items to the M1. You do NOT have to address those other features with the SKS.