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Message: <blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2035242" data-attributes="member: 4235"><p>A ban on the possession of these things would not be ex post facto -- that means attempting to punish someone for something which was legal at the time he did it, but which was subsequently outlawed.  Confiscation, however, would pose an issue with the takings clause, in which the government is required to pay fair compensation to anyone whose property they seize.  This, along with the fact that they know some would resist with force, is why the government has never tried outright confiscation of guns in this country, and why that part of the bill at least will never be passed.  They will stick with the "softer" approach, wherein they tax a little here, license a little there, with a liberal sprinkling of regulations all over, and eventually they achieve a de facto ban, like they have with full autos.</p></blockquote><p></p>