cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/744190
The court’s opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas said an individual’s “right to bear arms” should generally prevail unless the government can show its gun restrictions are consistent with early American history when the 2nd Amendment was adopted.
“At no point in the 18th or 19th Century did the government disarm individuals who used drugs or alcohol at one time from possessing guns at another,” Smith wrote. Meanwhile, the gun possession law at issue was “the first federal law of its kind” and “was not enacted until 1968, nearly two centuries after the 2nd Amendment was adopted.”
Thursday’s indictment accused Hunter Biden of two counts of making false statements when he denied his drug addiction while applying to a buy a gun at a shop in Wilmington, Del. There is a separate count of illegal gun possession.
“The Gun Owners of America opposes all gun control,” said Erich Pratt, a senior vice president of the group, “but so long as this president continues to use every tool at his disposal to harass and criminalize guns, gun owners and gun dealers, his son should be receiving the same treatment and scrutiny as all of us.”
There is nothing more satisfying in the legal World- I would imagine, then using one’s ignorance against them and watching your client walk free without a penalty.
If he’s guilty, he should rot, but we all know this is a huge smoke and mirrors ploy.
I don’t know about rot, but if he’s guilty he should pay the appropriate penalty, be it a fine, a prison sentence, or both.