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An ex post facto law (Latin: lit. 'out of the aftermath') is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.
An ex post facto law (Latin: lit. 'out of the aftermath') is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.
They are prohibited by the federal government in the US Constitution at Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3.
They are also prohibited by state governments at Article 1, Section 10.
They are also prohibited by state governments at Article 1, Section 10.
The original assault weapons ban didn't violate this section, because you were allowed to retain any banned firearms and magazines that you already possessed.
It only banned NEW imports and sales.
It only banned NEW imports and sales.
Several states have since passed mandatory bans and buybacks, which VIOLATE Article 1, Section 10, and I'm sure we'll see them struck down eventually, once they get to the SCOTUS, but that takes time and PEOPLE TO CHALLENGE the laws.
By enacting a federal law that violates the Constitution, a drastic line will have been crossed and everyone will have to decide if we are going to hold the government to the Constitution or not.
I took an oath at 18 years old.
Nothing has ever relieved me of that oath.
I took an oath at 18 years old.
Nothing has ever relieved me of that oath.
The same parts of the Constitution prohibit the issuing of a Bill of Attainder. Most people have no idea what that is.
It's a law that makes an entire class of people guilty of a crime by a legislative act, you know, like making gun owners criminals.
It's a law that makes an entire class of people guilty of a crime by a legislative act, you know, like making gun owners criminals.
Passing an immediate gun confiscatation bill or a total ban IS A BILL OF ATTAINDER, and thus prohibited by the Constitution.
Bills of Attainder were most notably used to deny civil rights, like land ownership, but gun ownership would also apply.
Bills of Attainder were most notably used to deny civil rights, like land ownership, but gun ownership would also apply.
Learn the Constitution and the history behind it, as well as the reasons for the Declaration.
We are living out the EXACT SAME CHAIN OF EVENTS.
If you don't learn from history, you must repeat it.
We are living out the EXACT SAME CHAIN OF EVENTS.
If you don't learn from history, you must repeat it.
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