Hunter Biden Not Protected From Gun Charges by 2nd Amendment: Federal Prosecutors

The U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment does not protect President Joe Biden’s son Hunter from felony gun charges, federal prosecutors said in a new brief. “Anglo-American law has long recognized that the government may disarm those who, by their conduct or characteristics, present an increased risk to public safety if they possess firearms,” prosecutors said in the Jan. 16 filing. That means a U.S. law against gun ownership by people who use or are addicted to drugs can still stand under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision that struck down restrictions in New York, they added. Hunter Biden, 53, is facing three felony counts after certifying on a form in 2018 that he was not a user of or addicted to drugs. Mr. Biden later wrote in his memoir that he was using drugs at the time....