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Hunter Biden's lawyers have latched onto a legal argument that President Biden has ripped as contrary to 'common sense' as they seek to persuade prosecutors not to hit him with a gun charge from his troubled past.
In addition to the long-running federal probe of his taxes and finances, the president's son has been investigated for a possible gun charge over a form he signed in 2018 when applying to own a firearm.
He checked 'no' when asked if he was addicted to drugs – although this appears to contradict information he put in his own autobiography about his state at the time.
As his lawyers seek to fend off a potential prosecution before it gets underway, they are pointing to a Supreme Court decision last summer that established a broad right for American to carry firearms in public.
That could be a sound legal play, but it appears at odds with the president's own view of the 6-3 ruling by the conservative-leaning court. It comes as the White House continues to be hit with questions about Hunter's business practices as Republicans crank up their own probes.
Attorneys for Hunter Biden have sought to discourage prosecutors from bring a gun related charge against their client based on an alleged false statement on a 2018 form where he denied being addicted to drugs
The gun ruling 'contradicts both common sense
