• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.

    Lying on an ATF Form 4473 is almost never prosecuted because much of the language is wishy-washy. Ever filled one out?

    The odds of being charged for lying on the form are virtually nonexistent. In the 2019 fiscal year, when Hunter Biden purchased his gun, federal prosecutors received 478 referrals for lying on Form 4473 — and filed just 298 cases. The numbers were roughly similar for fiscal 2020. At issue is when Biden answered “no” on the question that asks about unlawful drug use and addiction when purchasing a gun.

    https://www.ncja.org/crimeandjusticenews/few-prosecutions-for-lying-on-atf-gun-purchase-form

    How’s that moral high horse ride for ya? Winning any elections? No?

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      10 days ago

      How many others wrote an autobiography confessing to the crimes though?

      The reason gun laws are so unenforceable, is you have to be a complete moron and confess or you won’t lose a trial

      Hunter didn’t just confess, he put it in a book and sold it, then did press tours admitting to it

      He knew it was illegal, he knew the reason others don’t get caught is they dont admit to it

      But Hunter believed he was above the law despite his dad saying the opposite.

      And at the end of the day the 50+ year old crackhead has a former grasp on reality than the US president.

      When Biden said :

      No one is above the law

      We should have demanded he step down immediately, no sane person in America believes that shit. Either he was lying (again) or he’s that far gone.