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Gun Control & RKBA

reACTIONary

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5. The ACLU would definitely ....

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 16, 2018, 07:54 PM

Jul 2018

.... defend against ex post facto aplication of a law, regardless of its content. The issue you raise is ex post facto, prohibited by Article I, Section 10, Clause 1, of the U.S. Constitution, not the second amendment.

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'I can't be a felon' [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2018 OP

Well, I don't know about... reACTIONary Jul 2018 #1

I thought I made it clear by citing the ex post facto clause... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2018 #2

Whatever is going on.... reACTIONary Jul 2018 #3

"...even the ACLU would be up in arms" The ACLU won't defend the Second Amendment friendly_iconoclast Jul 2018 #4

The ACLU would definitely .... reACTIONary Jul 2018 #5

How is it ex post facto? Flaksie845 Jul 2018 #6

You are right.... reACTIONary Jul 2018 #7

It's like this discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2018 #8

I'm hoping scotus takes up some of these cases Alea Jul 2018 #9