The indictment against the president's son comes after a plea agreement on tax and gun charges fell apart in July and amid a probe of his finances by House Republicans.
So the charges here are based on the fact that he lied on a gun purchase application where he claimed he was not an active drug user at the time. You’d think all those 2A folks would be concerned about this considering the number of them who must also have lied based on the quantity of narcotics sales and meth busts in red states.
A lot of gun rights groups have been champing at the bit for a good chance to challenge that section of Form 4473 for a while now. A common point of contention is that e.g., holding a medical marijuana card would be a disqualifier if truthfully filling out a 4473. It’s so rarely actually prosecuted that finding a test case isn’t particularly easy, though.
It will be interesting – and telling – to see how they react to this case.
The NRA is pretty low on the list of organizations that would have tried to push the issue if this involved someone not named Hunter Biden. They’re very much a culture war outlet that won’t go to bat for anyone they consider an undesirable.
There are other advocacy groups that have been talking about this issue for a number of years, though. And there have been lower court rulings this year that make whether that provision of Form 4473 is going to be able to withstand scrutiny questionable.
Like I said, where these gun rights groups land on this case is going to be pretty telling about where they stand generally. The culture warriors will come up with excuses. It should be an interesting barometer for whether these groups actually believe in universal application of what they consider rights.
So the charges here are based on the fact that he lied on a gun purchase application where he claimed he was not an active drug user at the time. You’d think all those 2A folks would be concerned about this considering the number of them who must also have lied based on the quantity of narcotics sales and meth busts in red states.
A lot of gun rights groups have been champing at the bit for a good chance to challenge that section of Form 4473 for a while now. A common point of contention is that e.g., holding a medical marijuana card would be a disqualifier if truthfully filling out a 4473. It’s so rarely actually prosecuted that finding a test case isn’t particularly easy, though.
It will be interesting – and telling – to see how they react to this case.
Ha, the NRA ain’t gonna do shit to help Hunter Biden.
The NRA is pretty low on the list of organizations that would have tried to push the issue if this involved someone not named Hunter Biden. They’re very much a culture war outlet that won’t go to bat for anyone they consider an undesirable.
There are other advocacy groups that have been talking about this issue for a number of years, though. And there have been lower court rulings this year that make whether that provision of Form 4473 is going to be able to withstand scrutiny questionable.
Like I said, where these gun rights groups land on this case is going to be pretty telling about where they stand generally. The culture warriors will come up with excuses. It should be an interesting barometer for whether these groups actually believe in universal application of what they consider rights.