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Already answered, the new law would be retroactive. Retroactive laws would require additional consideration by the state in order to avoid civil liability. Where I used to live I had a wood shingle roof. Over several decades the local government decided that wood shingle roofs in my area were too much of a fire hazard and they made them illegal. Which meant that they could not be put on new houses or new additions and any re-roof would have to be made out of fire-proof materials. However the local government could not force me to change my existing roof before it was time for me to re-roof. To do so would have caused me undue financial injury. So for the time being, my roof was "grandfathered in" even though it was no longer considered a safe roof. Which means I assumed the risk, same with the owner of the chimp.
Most of the time the government does selective enforcement. Not really with murder, but certainly with lesser crimes or infractions. A good example would be someone exceeding the speed limit while driving. Certainly there is a vehicle code violation for speeding, and certainly many people are stopped and ticketed for this dangerous driving. But is it your contention that the police have to stop every speeder and give them a citation? Does the state even have the resources do that? And when a cop sees a guy speeding but may have other pending calls to attend to; if the cop doesn't stop the speeder and the speeder injures someone, do you believe that liability is now transferred to the state?
It just doesn't work that way.
Absolutely spot on. Liberals+Ex post facto law=tyranny. And these thinkers are tripping over themselves to get us there.