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Old 01-25-2013, 10:01 AM
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who would hide anything in their house? Like I said, boating accident, not hidden
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To those saying this is illegal: you are right but it doesn't matter.

If this passes...

The state will access the AW registry records and send uniformed police to those residences to confiscate the now illegal "assault rifles".

Most will scream and holler, but to protect themselves and their families, they will turn them over and vow to fight this in the courts.

It will take months for this to make its way through the legal system, and during that time your rifle(s) will be turned into little pools of molten aluminum.

The courts will rule this was unconstitutional and that the rifles need to be returned or the owner properly compensated. Because it was already destroyed, they will have to pay the compensation.

The state will then move money from education/first responders/parks to pay for this. Next, they will go to the taxpayers and claim that to keep these services running they need another tax increase.

The sheep of this state will vote in the tax increase (it's for the children!) and you will have paid for your rifle(s) twice; once at the store and again at tax time.

Our handlers in Sacramento will view this as win/win. They get rid of all the "scarey" rifles and get a permanent tax hike as well.

Don't think this will happen? Look at how the bullet train to nowhere keeps getting funded...

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To all the lawyers on the forum... and those smarter than I... could the mere proposal of this (law-edited)bill constitute a case for incorporation? Seems like this bill violates both Section 9 and the 10th Amendment and since we have bills pending at the Federal level that clearly state the Federal suppositions must avoid being de-facto, even SUGGESTING de-facto law seems unconstitutional to me. IMHO

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I don't see why they would have to compensate anybody. Seizure of illegal items never needs compensation. A charge of "unlawful possession of a firearm" will be treated the same as "unlawful possession of a controlled substance" or "unlawful possession of explosives".
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I think they consistently underestimate how many hundreds of thousands of these guns are in circulation. The state does not have the money to compensate for all the "grandfathered" guns.

At least he can tell his constituents that he tried to save the beh-behs.
Compensate? Who the hell thinks they are going to compensate anyone?

I foresee two options at the most.

#1. Remove your "grandfathered" firearm from this state and store it in another.
#2. Deliver your "grandfathered" firearm into the waiting hands of your local LEO to be carted off to the foundry to be melted into re-bar to air in rebuilding CA's aging infrastructure. You will receive a hearty handshake and a thank you for your donation from the representative of our lords and masters.
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randian- section 9 of the constitution states "... no ex-post facto Law shall be passed." This means you can't make illegal what was legal. How can an item be both illegal and legal at the same time?
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randian- section 9 of the constitution states "... no ex-post facto Law shall be passed." This means you can't make illegal what was legal.
No, it means that I can't make your previously legal possession illegal. I can make your current and future possession illegal.
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No, it means that I can't make your previously legal possession illegal. I can make your current and future possession illegal.
You need to read up on what the rest of the universe calls "the law".
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As a Ret. LEO I say good luck collecting these guns. All I would say is "their not here, you can not come in my house, come back with a warrant and you can see for yourself". Next be on the phone to a lawyer and be ready to comply when my door gets kicked in a few hours later. This is a "concern" we have lived with as RAW owners for 20+ years and I am sure nearly everyone has their own plan on what and how they will address this issue.

Me, I can't give them what is out of their reach, and no, I would not use the fell in the ocean bit. Because when it is found to be unconstitutional and thrown out I will want to use my RAWs in Ca. again. But then again by that time I will be a resident of a state that believes in the Constitution.
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First, sorry guys, noticed in post #44 I was typing faster than thinking and used 'de-facto' twice... meant ex-post facto.

Guess I'm still confused, randian. I believe the concept of ex-post facto to mean exactly that... that a current possession can not, now, be made illegal when it was previously legal. It does not however cover future possessions, but if the language of the bill itself makes the bill unconstitutional, then in theory at least, it can't become law and would have no bearing on current or future possessions.

That is why I am curious if a bill that is so clearly unconstitutional in its very suggestion, that the protected group (Californians) could take a case to the California State Supreme to require Incorporation... California's legal system to follow the limit of the Federal Law on the subject and make CA's gun control law subject to the Constitution and current Federal Law.

But I'm no lawyer, and certainly no Constitutional scholar... just thinking through my fingers. If I have this all wrong, please continue to set me straight.
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You need to read up on what the rest of the universe calls "the law".
I did. What did I say that was wrong? If I pass a law, effective today, that possession of X is unlawful, I cannot charge you with that crime if you performed the proscribed act last week. A law that allowed that is ex post facto. I sure as hell can prosecute you today, if you were in possession today. That is not ex post facto, notwithstanding the fact that you lawfully possessed the item last week. I am prosecuting you today for your conduct today, not your conduct last week.

Furthermore, it is well settled law that contraband, which X is under this hypothetical law, need not be compensated if it is seized by law enforcement. Why else do you think drug raids aren't compensable events? I don't recall compensation being paid when anti-drug laws were first being passed. The courts were perfectly fine letting existing lawful property become contraband, and not compensating its owners for seizure.
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No, it means that I can't make your previously legal possession illegal. I can make your current and future possession illegal.
Not quite so. What it actually means is that you cannot be punished for something you did, which was not a crime when you did it, because of a law that was passed which makes it a crime to do that same thing now.

If they make it a crime to own an AW starting on 1 Jan 2014, then you cannot own an AW on 1 Jan 2014 without breaking the law.

Example: Cocaine was once 100% legal to own and use in the US. On the day before it became illegal, you could have a kilo sitting on your dining room table, and you could be shoveling it up your nose to your hearts content. On the day that it actually became illegal, if you were caught in possession of that very same kilo of cocaine, you would be arrested, taken to jail, and tried in court for the crime of cocaine possession. No grandfathering that kilo of cocaine because it was pre-ban cocaine.
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Registration = (Eventual) Confiscation.

I was STUPID to think they wouldn't stoop this low when I made my "What's wrong with Registration" thread...
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Guess I'm still confused, randian. I believe the concept of ex-post facto to mean exactly that... that a current possession can not, now, be made illegal when it was previously legal.
The law wouldn't make you a criminal for what you do today, it would make you a criminal for what you are doing on the date it becomes effective (which cannot be before the date it was passed).

I don't understand your confusion.
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We are continuely fighting politicians on their ground so why not take it away from them? How about suing them personally and working to drag them out from under the color of their jobs? How about recall petitions using volunteers to get signatures? How about researching legal cases to file criminal or legal sanctions against people. tie them up in legitimate legal issues so they don't have the time for this crap and let others know they are being watched and it could happen to them. If we get one then people with other issues (non-gun) might jump on board to mail those who are anti-gun if those poiticians just happen to be pissing other people like deep pocket old fashion farmers. we need to change our attack posture and take them out of their game rather than fighting them on their ground. Bankrupt a legislaturer with legitimate lawsuits and the rest will run. Remember we are fighting cowards who would not take up a gun to defend this country or their families.
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No, it means that I can't make your previously legal possession illegal. I can make your current and future possession illegal.
Not quite so. What it actually means is that you cannot be punished for something you did, which was not a crime when you did it, because of a law that was passed which makes it a crime to do that same thing now.
How is that not a repeat, in different words, of what I said? "make your current possession illegal" and "make it a crime to do that now" look like synonyms to me. You know, current == now? Your "previously legal possession" is "what you did that wasn't a crime when you did it".
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I did. What did I say that was wrong? If I pass a law, effective today, that possession of X is unlawful, I cannot charge you with that crime if you performed the proscribed act last week. A law that allowed that is ex post facto. I sure as hell can prosecute you today, if you were in possession today. That is not ex post facto, notwithstanding the fact that you lawfully possessed the item last week. I am prosecuting you today for your conduct today, not your conduct last week.

Furthermore, it is well settled law that contraband, which X is under this hypothetical law, need not be compensated if it is seized by law enforcement. Why else do you think drug raids aren't compensable events? I don't recall compensation being paid when anti-drug laws were first being passed. The courts were perfectly fine letting existing lawful property become contraband, and not compensating its owners for seizure.
What planet are you getting this information from?
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Can one of you legal eagles clarify something for me.
I would assume that this new bill would need to permanently amend all others that have a grandfather clause to make them apply?

I guess what I'm asking is this: If there's a bill that says 'no more grandfather clauses' and another that has a grandfather clause, which trumps which? How does that work?
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Just added the link to the bill - http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa...201320140AB174 - to the first post.

If you would kindly follow that link, you would see a tab at the far right "Comments to Author". That's a feature of the new presentation of the bill-tracking software.

Please use that provided access to the office of the legislator. I wouldn't bother saying any more than 'I oppose this bill'.
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I guess what I'm asking is this: If there's a bill that says 'no more grandfather clauses' and another that has a grandfather clause, which trumps which? How does that work?
Order of passage. Later one controls if they are in conflict.
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Order of passage. Later one controls if they are in conflict.
Thanks radian.

Damn that's just low...
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What planet are you getting this information from?
If I'm wrong, say why I'm wrong. Then I can stop being wrong. Responding to my every post with vacuous insinuations is abusive and ignore-worthy.
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If I'm wrong, say why I'm wrong. Then I can stop being wrong. Responding to my every post with vacuous insinuations is abusive and ignore-worthy.
You haven't proven where you're RIGHT. Until you cite proven case law where an example like this has been upheld by SCOTUS, you have no validity either.
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You haven't proven where you're RIGHT. Until you cite proven case law where an example like this has been upheld by SCOTUS, you have no validity either.
What the heck are you talking about? I don't have to cite SCOTUS to repeat what ex post facto means, nor do I have to cite SCOTUS regarding what actually happened when other lawful property (drugs) was made contraband, namely that owners were not compensated for that. I also don't have to cite SCOTUS to make an analogy regarding drugs and guns, namely that if governments didn't have to compensate owners for making drugs contraband, they don't have to compensate owners for making guns contraband.
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If ANYTHING like this ever makes it to law (dear god forbid the thought), I will personally spend several hours to cut the chunk of metal with the serial number on it out of every firearm I own and tell them every gun has been disposed of.

I dare them to search my property. They have a better chance of finding Jimmy Hoffa.

Of this I swear to the end of time.
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What the heck are you talking about? I don't have to cite SCOTUS to repeat what ex post facto means, nor do I have to cite SCOTUS regarding what actually happened when other lawful property (drugs) was made contraband, namely that owners were not compensated for that. I also don't have to cite SCOTUS to make an analogy regarding drugs and guns, namely that if governments didn't have to compensate owners for making drugs contraband, they don't have to compensate owners for making guns contraband.
So you don't have a case law to back up your assertion that they can make something illegal that was legal, and not compensate for it.....
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The Ex Post Facto would seem to apply, but who knows, as has been stated in this thread, it will take months to years to get through court and by then your RAW will have been a soda can 10 times over. Fact of the matter is, California has done this in the past with the SKS. I am not sure if that was later overruled, but lots of ppl lost their guns in that move.

As to your point about a court case to stop this. A bill has no force of law, it has not passed, so no court is going to take it up. After it passes, and when someone with standing challenges it, is when a court can look at it. Probably start in federal court, appeal to 9th circuit, then to SCOUTS -- years.
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So you don't have a case law to back up your assertion that they can make something illegal that was legal, and not compensate for it.....
I assert they can, because they have, and still do. It may be that a takings challenge to drug prohibition has never been made. No compensation has ever been paid by any government for loss of property by enforcement of a drug law. I doubt compensation has ever been paid for enforcement of any law deeming a class of property contraband.

SCOTUS said in Whipple v. Martinson "There can be no question of the authority of the State in the exercise of its police power to regulate the administration, sale, prescription, and use of dangerous and habit-forming drugs..." Sounds like a statement of near-unbounded authority to ban possession of previously lawful property, which is what anti-drug acts are and were.

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Oaths of office should be revised to include acknowledgment of the penalties for breaching the oath.

"I do solemnly swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America and hereby submit to a sentence of no less than 99 years in federal pound-me-in-the-*** prison should I fail to adhere to these terms I do so swear"...etc.
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Sanity - I predict a booming firearms storage business in either Nevada or Arizona until this gets hashed out by the 9 black robes if this becomes law.


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As a Ret. LEO I say good luck collecting these guns. All I would say is "their not here, you can not come in my house, come back with a warrant and you can see for yourself". Next be on the phone to a lawyer and be ready to comply when my door gets kicked in a few hours later. This is a "concern" we have lived with as RAW owners for 20+ years and I am sure nearly everyone has their own plan on what and how they will address this issue.

Me, I can't give them what is out of their reach, and no, I would not use the fell in the ocean bit. Because when it is found to be unconstitutional and thrown out I will want to use my RAWs in Ca. again. But then again by that time I will be a resident of a state that believes in the Constitution.
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This guy is the reason that I propose a Constitutional Amendment permanently banning ANY author/co-author of ANY legislation found to be in violation of the Constitution.

There should be VERY SEVERE penalties for trying to violate the highest law of our land. These "servants" continually dance around the grey areas of the Constitution, and if they go too far, they just get to try again and again until the courts either allow their transgression or the people run out of money to fight in the courts.

This should be a "one and done" offense. Serving in politics is a PRIVILEDGE, not a RIGHT. Using that privilege to violate other's rights should have severe repercussions. I would even suggest that willfully violating the Constitution is a form of treason, but that's a future amendment.
Make the state liable for any court costs for laws tossed out as unconstiutional by the courts and then let the legistlation police itself.

I don't expect every individual representative to be constitutional scholars, but there's enough people working to figure out what's what.
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I assert they can, because they have, and still do. It may be that a takings challenge to drug prohibition has never been made. No compensation has ever been paid by any government for loss of property by enforcement of a drug law. I doubt compensation has ever been paid for enforcement of any law deeming a class of property contraband.

SCOTUS said in Whipple v. Martinson "There can be no question of the authority of the State in the exercise of its police power to regulate the administration, sale, prescription, and use of dangerous and habit-forming drugs..." Sounds like a statement of near-unbounded authority to ban possession of previously lawful property, which is what anti-drug acts are and were.

Why would you think guns can get better treatment?
Because people legally own those guns right now. I seriously doubt anyone owns drugs from before they were made illegal.
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Hiding or non-compiance are NOT an option. Defeating the bills -- all of them is the only hope -- how many CA residents (and guys I know in other states) never registered or modified their rifles after various new laws and the AWB -- and only recently with all this new activity told me that realized their guns have been felonies for nearly 20 years!

Its a lot easier to MAKE us into criminals and then wait for us to show up at the range than kick down our doors.
and safer for cops.
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and if they make a gun illegal then you won an illegal gun. They can take it and shove it up your *** if they want.
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Because people legally own those guns right now. I seriously doubt anyone owns drugs from before they were made illegal.
In 1924 there were people who legally possessed heroin. That year, the Feds made possession of heroin a felony. Those people were not compensated for their loss.

Fast forward to 2013. There are people who legally possess a certain class of gun. If possession of those guns is made a crime, I expect they will not be compensated for their loss.

The analogy is exact. Why do you have trouble with it?
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In 1924 there were people who legally possessed heroin. That year, the Feds made possession of heroin a felony. Those people were not compensated for their loss.

Fast forward to 2013. There are people who legally possess a certain class of gun. If possession of those guns is made a crime, I expect they will not be compensated for their loss.

The analogy is exact. Why do you have trouble with it?
The analogy is not exact. Drug use is not a fundamental right.
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I assert they can, because they have, and still do. It may be that a takings challenge to drug prohibition has never been made. No compensation has ever been paid by any government for loss of property by enforcement of a drug law. I doubt compensation has ever been paid for enforcement of any law deeming a class of property contraband.

SCOTUS said in Whipple v. Martinson "There can be no question of the authority of the State in the exercise of its police power to regulate the administration, sale, prescription, and use of dangerous and habit-forming drugs..." Sounds like a statement of near-unbounded authority to ban possession of previously lawful property, which is what anti-drug acts are and were.

Why would you think guns can get better treatment?
The weapons in question were explicitly LEGAL prior to this, not just "not illegal". This bill attempts to remove KNOWN EXEMPTED LEGAL items of value, currently in possession of the owners, that were, up to the point a bill such as this passes, not only legal, but KNOWN to be legal and documented as such.

Even the notorious SKS issue was a forced buyback, not a confiscation without compensation.

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The analogy is not exact. Drug use is not a fundamental right.


No, but the right to be free of unreasonable seizures in your person, house, papers and effects certainly is a fundamental right.
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