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>(What if, in the USA, you download the file coding for the magazine and expand it to hold 30 rounds?)

The assault weapon ban--the federal law banning (among other things) magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds--sunset in 2004. Thirty-round magazines are perfectly legal once again, except in a few states, like California, with their own assault weapon bans.




FYI, they were perfectly legal during the ban, too, provided you owned them before it went into effect.




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