Yes, the ruling is after that, I believe it was in 2010. The ATF (and most of our courts) have rendered most “ex post facto” protections moot.
Consider the Lautenberg Amendment.
The ATF says you are a Felon if you still possess that shotgun. But there are conflicting rulings saying that you are not! Some federal prosecutors are refusing to prosecute short barrelled shotgun charges, I am told.
The fact is, ATF knows it is caught in a trap of their own making. We need to let them out *on our terms*. Maybe we can get real reform of the NFA and GCA68, and do away with
their insane interpretation of the 1986 “ban” on manufacture of automatic firearms for non-government employees.
We should push hard to deregulate short barrelled shotguns, rifles, and gun mufflers (aka silencers,suppressors).
That old POS? Mossbergs have plastic trigger guard and assembly. Mine had a tab or two wore down and it would fall out of alignment at the worst possible time -- during a rack! Some guy said he wanted to buy it and fab a metal part to replace that assembly, so I let it go for peanuts.
And this one, right on the Mossberg catalog website!