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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 2294124" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>That's not what <em>ex post facto</em> means. The <em>ex post facto</em> proision means that they can't pass a law that makes possession <em>prior to passage</em> illegal. They absolutely can pass an outright ban, effective tomorrow (the Second Amendment notwithstanding), and jail you for noncompliance; they just can't pass a law tomorrow that criminalizes what you did today.</p><p></p><p>As to sex offender registries--or, for gun owners, the Lautenberg amendment--the courts have ruled that those didn't criminalize behavior occurring prior to passage, and therefore didn't constitute an <em>ex post facto</em> law. Yes, they increased the punishment, but that's not the same as making a non-criminal act illegal, or so say the courts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 2294124, member: 13624"] That's not what [I]ex post facto[/I] means. The [I]ex post facto[/I] proision means that they can't pass a law that makes possession [I]prior to passage[/I] illegal. They absolutely can pass an outright ban, effective tomorrow (the Second Amendment notwithstanding), and jail you for noncompliance; they just can't pass a law tomorrow that criminalizes what you did today. As to sex offender registries--or, for gun owners, the Lautenberg amendment--the courts have ruled that those didn't criminalize behavior occurring prior to passage, and therefore didn't constitute an [I]ex post facto[/I] law. Yes, they increased the punishment, but that's not the same as making a non-criminal act illegal, or so say the courts. [/QUOTE]
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