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<blockquote data-quote="OK Corgi Rancher" data-source="post: 3901204" data-attributes="member: 45773"><p>You're right...the Constitution doesn't mention ex post facto punishment. But there is mention of "ex post facto" laws in the Constitution:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But, SCOTUS has ruled that ex post facto punishment is, in fact, unconstitutional:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/ex_post_facto" target="_blank">ex post facto</a></p><p></p><p>Maybe it's just my opinion, but saying someone who was convicted of a misdemeanor (or lesser) offense that is DV related, and who satisfied their fines/punishment/sentence, is prohibited forever from owning or possessing a firearm, even if the offense was committed decades prior to the passage of that amendment, is definitely being punished ex post facto.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OK Corgi Rancher, post: 3901204, member: 45773"] You're right...the Constitution doesn't mention ex post facto punishment. But there is mention of "ex post facto" laws in the Constitution: But, SCOTUS has ruled that ex post facto punishment is, in fact, unconstitutional: Source: [URL='https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/ex_post_facto']ex post facto[/URL] Maybe it's just my opinion, but saying someone who was convicted of a misdemeanor (or lesser) offense that is DV related, and who satisfied their fines/punishment/sentence, is prohibited forever from owning or possessing a firearm, even if the offense was committed decades prior to the passage of that amendment, is definitely being punished ex post facto. [/QUOTE]
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