Reply #21: they apply retroactively often ... [View All]

[paulsby]

but not in regards to CRIMINAL sanctions.


example of retroactive law.
when the Violence against women act was passed, it made people who had been convicted of a dv crime, ineligible to possess firearms.

that was applied RETROACTIVELY.

even police officers, who had pled guilty to DV offenses years ago, were now stripped of their right to carry firearms.

the courts ruled that this was not a CRIMINAL sanction, and therefore the retroactive application was okey dokey