Hunter Biden gun rights appeal could place president in awkward political position

Published June 12, 2024 3:29pm ET



President Joe Biden could be forced to walk a thin line to promote his gun control agenda while his son Hunter Biden‘s legal team considers appealing the first son’s conviction on gun-related charges all the way to the Supreme Court.

Hours after a jury convicted the younger Biden on Tuesday of lying on a federal form to purchase a gun by asserting he was not a drug user, lying to a federally licensed firearm dealer, and illegally owning the gun for 11 days, the president spoke before Everytown for Gun Safety’s annual conference, in which he bragged about his executive actions on gun restrictions and reinforced his support of an all-out ban on “assault weapons.”

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