The Daily Fuckup

The Justice Department sued Colorado on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, asking a federal court to stop the state from enforcing its magazine restriction. In its complaint, the department says Colorado’s law violates the Second Amendment because it bars magazines the government describes as standard-capacity and commonly owned for lawful purposes. Colorado’s statute is widely described as a large-capacity magazine ban.

The case does not by itself suspend the state law. Any change in enforcement would have to come from the court, most likely through an injunction or final judgment. For now, the lawsuit puts the constitutional question squarely before a judge: whether Colorado can keep limiting magazine size for civilian firearms.

The filing adds another high-stakes firearms case to the department’s docket and gives the federal government a direct role in a fight that has usually been driven by state officials, gun-rights groups and private challengers. Supporters of magazine limits say they can reduce the number of rounds a shooter can fire before pausing to reload. Opponents say the restrictions reach equipment that is widely owned and used for lawful purposes, making them an unconstitutional burden on ordinary gun ownership.

Colorado’s law is now headed into federal court scrutiny on that question. The outcome will turn on the constitutional record, not the labels either side prefers. DOJ is calling the magazines standard-capacity. Colorado calls the law a limit on large-capacity magazines. The court will decide whether the state’s line survives the Second Amendment.