Since production of magazines with capacity over ten rounds was banned in 1994, the prices on the standard magazines have increased to to over $100 for most models. The crippled ten-round versions (top left) have to be produced in a way that makes restoring them to standard capacity impossible. Those changes make ten-round magazines less reliable.

 Why the need for standard magazines? Ask your local police officer. He is on patrol with a handgun which uses standard magazines and, in many cities, an automatic rifile or a submachine gun with standard magazines. Under stress, even well-trained people can miss. Moreover, a single hit is not guaranteed to stop an attack. Fortunately, he has the benefit of body armor and backup just a radio call away.

Most other people have no such luxuries. They don't sleep with magazine pouches affixed to their nightgowns and would depend on that one magazine already in their weapons. Arbitrarily requiring that even that one magazine hold a lot less ammunition than normal has the effect of giving attacking criminals an edge over the law-abiding humans

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