{"id":2656,"date":"2023-12-12T14:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2023-12-12T14:43:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:43:01","slug":"hunter-bidens-attorneys-argue-that-drug-users-can-no-longer-be-barred-from-gun-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2656","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden&#8217;s Attorneys Argue That Drug Users Can No Longer Be Barred from Gun Ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hunter-biden.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"428\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hunter-biden-696x428.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hunter-biden-696x428.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hunter-biden-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hunter-biden-700x431.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hunter-biden-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hunter-biden-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hunter-biden-1068x657.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hunter-biden-683x420.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hunter-biden-356x220.jpg 356w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hunter-biden-560x345.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/hunter-biden.jpg 1401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"hunter biden\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The prosecution charges that Mr. Biden violated a rarely used statute that it claims prevented him from owning a firearm as an unlawful user of a controlled substance, 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 922(g)(3), but that statute\u2019s status-based prohibition on gun ownership recently was struck down as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. See United States v. Daniels, 77 F.4th 337 (5th Cir. 2023). Not only does the unconstitutionality of Section 922(g)(3) render Mr. Biden\u2019s alleged violation of that unconstitutional statute baseless, it compels the same conclusion as to the prosecution\u2019s charges that Mr. Biden made a false statement in denying his status as a user of a controlled substance under 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 922(a)(6) and caused the seller (a holder of a federal firearms license) to maintain a record of this false answer in violation of 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 924(a)(1)(A). <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Because persons protected by the Second Amendment can no longer be denied gun ownership due simply to past drug use\u2014a practice inconsistent with this nation\u2019s historical tradition on firearm regulation\u2014any false statement by Mr. Biden concerning his status as having used a controlled substance no longer concerns \u201cany fact material to the lawfulness of the sale\u201d of a firearm. \u2026 Quite simply, asking about Mr. Biden\u2019s status as a user of a controlled status is constitutionally irrelevant to whether he can be denied his Second Amendment right to gun ownership. Likewise, Section 924(a)(1)(A)\u2019s requirements concerning maintaining records free of false information is no longer implicated because it is not a statute that \u201ccriminalizes a false answer to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/ultra_vires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ultra vires<\/a> question.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014 Motion to dismiss charges in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.ded.82797\/gov.uscourts.ded.82797.61.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States v. Biden<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/hunter-bidens-attorneys-argue-that-drug-users-can-no-longer-be-barred-from-gun-ownership\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 The prosecution charges that Mr. Biden violated a rarely used statute that it claims prevented him from owning a firearm as an unlawful user of a controlled substance, 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 922(g)(3), but that statute\u2019s status-based prohibition on gun ownership recently was struck down as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. 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