They may receive payment under federal or state civil rights and compensation statutes or under the common law of false imprisonment.

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In international law, the state still bears responsibility for compensation, even when it is a new regime that can not be held directly responsible for atrocities committed in the past.

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"The outright criminalization and ban of these firearms, ammunition and large capacity feeding devices amounts to a deprivation and taking of them by the State of New York under color of law and without due process or just compensation, " the claim said.

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