ex post facto laws
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:32 pmQuestion for the lawyers.
Article 1, Section 9 of the U.S. Constition states:
"No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed."
Article 1, Section 10 states:
"No State shall... pass any Bill of Attaider, ex post facto Law..."
My question is how can one be denied the right to own/pocess a firearm for having been found guilty of domestic violence committed prior to the passage of the bill that did so?
Please don't take this to mean that I support domestic violence... I'm just curious how some one can be denied a right ex post facto when it explicitly prohibits that in the Constitution?
Article 1, Section 9 of the U.S. Constition states:
"No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed."
Article 1, Section 10 states:
"No State shall... pass any Bill of Attaider, ex post facto Law..."
My question is how can one be denied the right to own/pocess a firearm for having been found guilty of domestic violence committed prior to the passage of the bill that did so?
Please don't take this to mean that I support domestic violence... I'm just curious how some one can be denied a right ex post facto when it explicitly prohibits that in the Constitution?