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To: neverdem
It is illegal for New York State to pass any ex post facto laws.

"The 46-page complaint seeks to overturn the law on a number of fronts, including that the new assault weapon ban has “radically broadened” the definition of such weapons to include “countless” guns that had been considered COMMON BEFORE THE LAW WAS ENACTED."

Section 10 - Powers prohibited of States

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

5 posted on 03/22/2013 10:47:37 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Marchione.)
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To: bunkerhill7
Since the 2010 US SC Case McDonald incorporated the 2nd under the 14th, thus applying it to the states, New York's law violates the 14th amendment as well as the 2nd.

Amendment XIV

Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

19 posted on 03/22/2013 5:53:21 PM PDT by 45Auto (Big holes are (almost) always better.)
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To: bunkerhill7

God bless you. I knew that ex post facto clause was in there but couldn’t find it. Hope they win it will have National repercussions. But they will have to face Marxist Kagan, Soda-Jerk the “wise Latina” , and that Judas Roberts


22 posted on 03/23/2013 6:48:19 AM PDT by ZULU (See: http://gatesofvienna.net/)
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