2026-05-06 22:48:04 UTC / 路透社
作者：史蒂夫·戈尔曼
2026年5月6日 世界协调时22:48 更新于58分钟前
2019年8月21日发布的美国加利福尼亚州长滩市警方（LBPD）照片显示了非法大容量弹匣、一支突击步枪以及多支枪支和弹药。图片来源：长滩市警方/路透社手发资料 编辑注意——本图片由第三方提供。购买授权，请打开新标签页
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5月6日（路透社）——特朗普政府于周三起诉科罗拉多州，要求废除一项已有13年历史的州级大容量枪械弹药弹匣禁令，此类弹匣可在无需重新装填的情况下快速连续发射超过15发子弹。
这起诉讼声称，科罗拉多州2013年出台的弹匣限制规定侵犯了美国宪法第二修正案规定的持有和携带武器的权利。该限制法案是在奥罗拉影院发生大规模枪击事件后通过的，当时造成12人死亡、58人受伤。
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2016年，联邦上诉法院下令驳回一组县警长、枪支商店、户外用品商和射击场提起的类似诉讼。该诉讼挑战了大容量弹匣禁令以及要求枪支购买者接受通用背景调查的法案。
在该案中，美国第十巡回上诉法院的三名法官组成的合议庭认为，原告没有提起诉讼的法律资格，因为他们未能证明自己会受到这些法律的直接伤害。
周三的司法部诉状援引了2008年美国最高法院具有里程碑意义的“哥伦比亚特区诉赫勒案”裁决，该裁决认定第二修正案保护守法公民持有合法用途常用枪支的权利。
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由司法部民权司提起的这份长达11页的诉讼辩称，容弹量超过15发的弹匣是美国许多最受欢迎枪支的标配，包括AR-15风格步枪和部分半自动手枪。
诉状称：“美国合法拥有的、使用该州所禁止弹匣的半自动枪械数量达数千万支。”因此，取缔大容量弹匣实际上限制了个人持有“常用武器”的权利。
诉状补充道，此类武器“可用于多种合法用途”，例如休闲射击、枪械收藏和自卫。该诉讼请求法院下达禁令，禁止执行科罗拉多州的这项法律。
科罗拉多州总检察长菲尔·韦瑟发表声明，誓言捍卫该州的枪支安全措施，并表示这起诉讼“完全颠倒了司法部民权司的使命”。
“大容量弹匣法案是符合第二修正案保护的负责任政策，能够降低大规模枪击事件的影响并拯救生命，”韦瑟说道。“州政府有责任保护科罗拉多州居民免受枪支暴力的侵害。”
就在司法部针对科罗拉多州大容量弹匣禁令提起诉讼的前一天，该部门还提起了另一项诉讼，挑战丹佛市一项长期存在的条例，该条例禁止将半自动步枪定义为突击武器。
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Trump administration sues Colorado over firearm ammunition magazine limit
2026-05-06 22:48:04 UTC / Reuters
By Steve Gorman
May 6, 2026 10:48 PM UTC Updated 58 mins ago
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Illegal high-capacity magazines and an assault rifle along with multiple guns, ammunition are seen in this Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) photo in Long Beach, California, U.S., released on August 21, 2019. Courtesy LBPD/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
- Colorado banned magazines holding more than 15 rounds in 2013
- US Justice Department says restriction violates Second Amendment
- Lawsuit cites Supreme Court ruling on guns in lawful common use
- Large-capacity ban enacted after Aurora movie theater shooting
May 6 (Reuters) – The Trump administration sued Colorado on Wednesday seeking to strike down a 13-year-old state ban on large-capacity firearm ammunition magazines, those allowing more than 15 bullets to be fired in rapid succession without the need to re-load.
The lawsuit claims that Colorado’s restriction on gun magazines, enacted in 2013 in the wake of a mass shooting that killed 12 people and wounded 58 others inside an Aurora movie theater, infringes on the rights to own and bear arms under the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment.
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A federal appeals court in 2016 ordered dismissal of a similar case brought by a group of county sheriffs, gun shops, outfitters and shooting ranges challenging the ban on large-capacity magazines and a measure requiring universal background checks for gun buyers.
In that case, a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the plaintiffs lacked legal standing to bring their suit because they failed to demonstrate that they would have been personally harmed by the laws.
Wednesday’s Department of Justice complaint cites the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision from a landmark case known as the District of Columbia v. Heller, ruling that the Second Amendment protects the rights of law-abiding citizens to possess guns in common use for lawful purposes.
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The 11-page DOJ suit, initiated by its civil rights division, argues that magazines holding more than 15 rounds come standard with many of the most popular firearms in the U.S., including AR-15-style rifles and some semi-automatic pistols.
“The number of lawfully owned semi-automatic firearms in the United States that utilize a magazine like the ones banned by the state is in the tens of millions,” the suit says. Thus, outlawing large-capacity magazines in effect restricts individuals’ rights to own weapons “in common use.”
It adds that such weapons are “used for multiple lawful purposes,” such as recreational target shooting, collecting and self-defense. The lawsuit seeks a court order barring enforcement of the Colorado statute.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued a statement vowing to defend the state’s gun-safety measures, and saying the lawsuit “turns the mission of the DOJ’s civil rights division on its head.”
“Large-capacity magazine laws are responsible policies that satisfy Second Amendment protections, decrease impacts of mass shootings and save lives,” Weiser said. “The state has a duty to protect Colorado residents from gun violence.”
The DOJ complaint against Colorado’s large-capacity magazine ban came a day after the department filed a separate lawsuit challenging a long-standing Denver city ordinance banning semi-automatic rifles it defines as assault weapons.
Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Stephen Coates
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