Not a lawyer, but have some practical life knowledge of the law.
Any event, incident or law can be litigated.
I PUSHED HARD for prosecution in the 12Pointer case... the Commonwealth's Attorney for Pittsylvania County was persuaded and the case followed.
The exact same crime occurred (for many, not me) with IA in Culpeper, but the CA in Culpeper PROBABLY would not have proceeded. Same with MANY MANY counties.
Same with Federal (vs. State) marijuana laws. It is all about willingness to take up a case. (i.e. is the DOJ going to take up a case against the state of California?)... they could, but typically they have bigger fish to fry... When I lived in Alaska years ago marijuana was neither lawful nor unlawful... it just was. The Feds tightened the thumbscrews by withholding DOT money... same with Montana and there no speed limit law back in the day.
Ex post facto laws will be/are ABSOLUTELY litigated by citizens that have been wronged... Slamfire stocks (or whatever they are called) is case-in-point of this. It is IN PROCESS.
Like I said... I am NOT a flipping lawyer, but this is what lawyers do... at $200-$2,000 per hour.
John Pierce is a lawyer and a GREAT FRIEND to gun owners... he write about many things on his homepage...
https://johnpierceesq.com/He also is a big part of VCDL...
IMHO... financially supporting VCDL and John is the #1 thing you can do specific to gun rights.
#2 is for
EVERY ONE OF US... to contact our Delegates and let them know your feelings. If your delegate is a R... be very pro-2A. If your delegate is a D... be pro-2A, but be MORE pro "fix I-95 traffic"... more "better schools"... more "fix the potholes"... more "fix XYZ bridge"... more "lower taxes on my business"... etc.
Why? If Ds are distracted from 2A stuff by the
THE VERY REAL PROBLEMS we face EVERY SINGLE DAY in Virginia... they may actually focus on that REAL STUFF and have less time for the anti-gun BS.
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"Grandfathering" is a legislative negotiating point... wherein compensation for seized assets is mitigated by causing no harm... i.e. no case to litigate (or at least a much smaller case)
BUT seizure/confiscation in more "with the times" and has case history (I assume, beyond just the recent Slamfire case)...
IMHO, Slamfire stock owners (that turned in their items (and got a receipt for same)) will ultimately be compensated financially.
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BTW...
There is one gun law I support 100%... and it will ABSOLUTELY save lives!
It is ALREADY A LAW, but goes unenforced most of the time...
Lying on a 4473 or the State form is a MANDATORY 5 YEARS... and IF that Straw Buyer's gun goes to her gang-banging boyfriend for the commission of a crime... she GETS EXACTLY THE SAME SENTENCE as the perp.
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What I am hoping here now is that all of the REAL lawyers will jump in... call me names AND actually speak on the subject. i.e. this response in V8 baiting etc.