Lawmakers look to restrict gun magazine capacity

Published December 24, 2012 8:26am ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — Many lawmakers say they’re willing to pursue some changes to the nation’s gun laws, but adamant opposition from the National Rifle Association has made clear than any such effort will have difficulties.

Since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has been promising to push for a renewal of legislation that banned certain weapons and limited the number of bullets a gun magazine could hold to 10.

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