Will Hunter Biden use a Second Amendment defense to fight gun charges? And what will his father say?
Hunter Biden greets people along a street during a visit by his father, President Joe Biden, and other Biden family members to Dundalk, Ireland, on April 12, 2023.
After the younger Biden’s plea deal fell apart, the president’s son was charged Sept. 14 by federal prosecutors with, in essence, lying about his drug use on the requisite form for purchasing a .38-caliber handgun in 2018 and thereby illegally possessing the weapon. Of late, Hunter Biden’s legal team has signaled its interest in an opinion issued by U.S.
Originalists and absolutists tend not to agree with us on that position. Last summer, the Supreme Court struck down an ancient New York law that put restrictions on carrying guns outside the home. The 6-3 majority opinion in the case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.
Which brings us back to Hunter Biden and his allegedly falsified form. Biden’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, told CNN on Sept. 14 that “the constitutionality of these charges are very much in doubt.”
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