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Guns rights championed by conservatives could help Hunter Biden rebuff criminal charges

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building and United States Courthouse on July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges in a deal with prosecutors to avoid prosecution on an additional gun charge. However, the federal judge overseeing the case unexpectedly delayed...

WASHINGTON — The criminal indictment against Hunter Biden for illegal gun possession could run afoul of the new and broader Second Amendment interpretation that has been gaining traction in conservative courts.

The president’s son is not accused of using a gun to commit a crime, but rather to lying about his drug use when he purchased a handgun in 2018.

This is exactly the kind of regulatory law that has come under challenge from

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