David Kopel, associate policy analyst at the Cato Institute, evaluates prospects for changes to federal gun laws following the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut.
Kopel offers one of the most reasonable cases against increases in gun control through executive order based on District of Columbia v. Heller, and the fact that law enforcement use firearms like the AR15 for defensive purposes, and that semiautomatic handguns come standard from manufacturers (for most markets) with 11-19 round magazines. Since that is the standard, a prohibition of magazines over 10 rounds would likely not be upheld based on Heller. Even a highly liberal Supreme Court would be unlikely to overturn Heller to support such prohibitions as those offered by McCarthy, Boxer, or Feinstein.
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