Hunter Biden saving the 2nd amendment?

Link is Politico

As if Hunter is in danger of catching anything more than a misdemeanor from the DOJ.

Washington, DC knows the meaning of 2A has been abused since the 1934 Firearms Act. This current SCOTUS wants the 2A treated as intended, hence their recent decision in Bruen whereas the contextual and historical interpretations are applied.

Biden will say his drug use does not prevent him from owning firearms. Several lower courts, since Bruen, have agreed. I personally agree anyone can own a firearm that is not incarcerated.

After all, if you are considered a threat or violent with a firearm, car, knife, fire, etc., why are you not incarcerated?

Felon in possession laws were always the next to go now that we’re doing this hyper-literal interpretation.

You gotta appreciate the irony that it may be Hunter Biden who breaks the dam.

quote:

---

Felon in possession laws were always the next to go

---

You are right. The 3rd Circuit has a non-violent felon "en banc" appeal in front of them right now. It has been argued and we await the decision.

There has always been a "white collar" exemption in the Federal law. 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(20)(A) excludes from the reach of those felon-in-possession statutes crimes “relating to the regulation of business practices that are designed to address economic harm to competition or consumers”.

But the program run by the ATF to provide those exemptions for "non-violent" felons has not been funded since 1998. Go figger!!

quote:

---

I didn’t know that. What a great example of where the true power in this country lies.

---

Under the Gun Control Act, however, not all individuals convicted of a felony are disqualified from acquiring or possessing firearms. The term "crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year" is defined statutorily by 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(20)(A) to exclude "certain commercial-type crimes," S. Rep. No. 90-1097, at 112-13 (1968), reprinted in 1968 U.S.C.C.A.N. 2112, 2202. Specifically, the Gun Control Act provided that the term did not include "Federal or State offenses pertaining to antitrust violations, unfair trade practices, restraints of trade, or other similar offenses relating to the regulation of business practices as the Secretary [of the Treasury] may by regulation designate." Pub. L. No. 90-618, § 921(a)(20)(A), 82 Stat. 1213, 1216 (1968).

Reyes v. Sessions, 342 F. Supp. 3d 141, 143 (D.D.C. 2018)

LINK

Friggin' Schumer is who took away the ATF funding for the program set up to renew the "right". But I see in the very near future gun laws returning to their pre 1934 environment.