Yeah, twisted laws for sure. A fine line between totally legal and Felony.
It's such a stupid law that has virtually zero effect, except 'feel good' for those that know nothing about guns.

Sometimes I shoot IDPA with it's 10 round limit.
Good practice for fast mag changes in case the disease ever spreads Southeast.

 

There is currently an injunction against the magazine ban. So normal capacity mags are still legal to own, however, not legal to import, make, or buy. However, last year there was a federal judge that ruled CA's ban on greater than 10 round mags was unconstitutional. This is referred to as Freedom Week. One week later he "stayed" his own original decision. During that one week, normal magazines were legal to buy and import into the state.

It's a good thing you gave your relatives your magazines during that week.

 

All Good advice. Thanks. ^^^^^^^^
I've ordered a few for each 'high cap' pistol from www.magazineblocks.com that I can include in my safe with instructions for my Trustee/Executor to contact an FFL in the State to be transferred upon my passing. At $5.95 each it's cheap insurance.
If the pistol can't be legally possessed in that State, it can be sold on consignment at my LGS and beneficiary can get $$ instead. But I know a couple of my Nephews would love to have 'em.

Thankfully, I live in the gun-friendly South!

 

I had someone contact me during a GB auction and asked if I would add the block and pin them. I told her was not set up to do this and please don't bid if she lived in a restricted state/municipality. At the time I was not familiar with the terms Magblock and pinning.

 

In my state the mags have to be epoxied or welded by an FFL so the they cannot be removed.

 

It will vary by jurisdiction but growing up in California my 'understanding' (not to be confused as being remotely qualified legal advice) is that the magazines had to be 'permanently' modified.

Generally speaking pinned, welded or epoxied are considered acceptable as long as the end result is 'permanent'. Of course some methods are somewhat less permanent than others. I've read some discussions about methods that theoretically meet the 'permanently modified' threshold while still allowing the magazines to later be converted back to standard/full capacity. I would caution anyone against doing anything but a good faith conversion, especially in places generally hostile to guns like CA, NY, NJ, MA.

 

In most of the commie states the mag has to be reduced in capacity in a way that will not allow it to be readily returned to the original capacity.