ex post factoPariah3j wrote:I forget the legal term, but isn't there some protection for laws that try to backdate something as illegal? IE banning something going forward is fine, even if it is silly/stupid. But making it illegal for having had purchased it while it was legal to own?
That clause in the Constitution prohibits them passing a law today than bans possession of a bump stock in 2017. However, it doesn't prohibit them passing a law today that bans bump stocks possession tomorrow, regardless of when you bought it.