New York AG sues Georgia manufacturer over magazine lock used in Buffalo store massacre

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a ceremony where Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills to strengthen gun laws, June 6, 2022, in New York. James filed a lawsuit Thursday, May 11, 2023 against a gun accessory manufacturer for selling an easily removable magazine lock that can convert a legal weapon into an illegal assault weapon capable of holding high-capacity magazines. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New York’s attorney general sued a Woodstock, Georgia-based gun accessory manufacturer Thursday for selling a lock that can be easily removed to attach high-capacity magazines, which are illegal in the state.

The white gunman who massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers in a Buffalo supermarket last year carried out the attack with a semiautomatic rifle he purchased legally, but then modified so he could load it with illegal high-capacity ammunition magazines, as previously reported.

New York law bans the possession of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.