Wyatt earp
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You might have an argument ifit applied only to items which were acquired illegally in the first place. But that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about property that was legally-acquired, and legal to possess and use at the time that it was acquired, with a corrupt government deciding after the fact to make it illegal to continue to possess or use. To deprive owners of that property, without just compensation, blatantly violates the Fifth Amendment's prohibition against such.
Sorry, that is not required for illegally held items.
If I buy a RADAR Detector in a State where it is legal and use it in a State where it is illegal, I'm still in violation of the law and it will be confiscated and I'll be charged even though I acquired it legally.
See, also, Article I, Section 10, of the Constitution, which prohibits “ex post facto Law”. It's unconstitutional to punish someone for an act that was legal at the time it was taken, but which was made illegal afterward.
No one will punished for owning a bump stock in the past (which is an ex post facto law means). They will only be punished if they are found to be in possession of a bump stock AFTER the date the law becomes effective. That is not an ex post facto law.
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Radar dectors are not protected by the constitution the right to bear arms is.
Actually radar detectors are protected by the Federal Communications Act of 1934. The Virginia state law --- the only one left, if it even still exists --- is countermanded by Federal law.
Say what radar guns didn't even first appear in cop cars till 1949
Radar gun - Wikipedia
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