A conservative appeals court just ruled against the federal gun law used to charge Hunter Biden – By Sonam Sheth (Business Insider) / Sept 15, 2023
- The federal gun law used to indict Hunter Biden has a surprising critic: a conservative-led federal appeals court
- The panel ruled the law was unconstitutional in another case, but legal experts say it could come up in Biden’s case.
- The president’s son was indicted on three gun-related charges on Thursday after his original plea deal fell apart in court.
The day before Hunter Biden was indicted, a conservative-led appeals panel ruled that the federal gun law used to charge Biden was unconstitutional when it was applied in a previous case.
The three-judge panel on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sided against the law in a case involving Patrick Daniels, a Mississippi man who was convicted and sentenced to prison for possessing a firearm while being a marijuana user.
The law in question prohibits anyone who is an “unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” from owning a firearm.
But the appeals court panel ruled that it was too broad when it was used in Daniels’ case and tossed out his conviction.
