Law professor Jonathan Turley suggested one of President Joe Biden’s gun control executive actions could be called the “Hunter Biden Act.”
Turley said that a 2018 incident in which Hallie Biden, the widow of Beau Biden who at the time was in a relationship with his brother Hunter, threw Hunter Biden’s gun into a trash can at a grocery store was the type of incident that red flag laws are written for and that the provisions suggested by Biden “could very well be called the Hunter Biden Act,” in an appearance on Fox News.
The president’s son struggled with an addiction to crack cocaine, and Hallie Biden searched Hunter Biden’s truck because of “suspicions she had.” During her search, she located a .38 revolver that she later wrapped in a shopping bag and threw in a grocery store trash can near a high school. Biden ordered her to retrieve the gun, and the police were called after she was unable to locate it.
Police officers investigating the incident said Biden “became very agitated” and asked if they were “intentionally trying to make him mad.” He told police that he believed Hallie Biden thought he was contemplating suicide.
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The incident has come under public scrutiny after it was reported that the Secret Service attempted to retrieve paperwork from the gun shop that sold Hunter Biden the revolver despite the incident occurring after he was no longer a protectee of the agency.
Biden, who was discharged from the Navy in 2014 after testing positive for cocaine, has publicly discussed his struggles with addiction, including in his memoir. He may have committed a felony by marking “no” to a question on the Firearms Transaction Record that asks if the respondent is an “unlawful user of, or addicted to” controlled substances.
Prosecutions for lying on the form are rare, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Turley also criticized the media for its coverage of the incident, saying that despite the president “seeking a federal law to address precisely the situation that arose with his son,” journalists interviewing Biden on his book tour have “avoided any direct questions” about the denial of his drug addiction.
“Whether it is a gun felony or influence peddling, the blackout has turned into a media dimming with the book. Biden is asked cursory questions that resulted in largely identical answers about his lack of memory from his long addiction,” the law professor wrote on his blog. “He simply cannot remember the laptop, its contents, or even fathering a child with a woman. It does not matter that he can remember details going back to his first drink at age 8.”
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In a Thursday Rose Garden address, President Joe Biden ordered the Justice Department to develop a model “red flag” law for states, which would allow courts to remove firearms from those deemed to be a danger to themselves or others.
Red flag laws have been implemented in more than a dozen states, including the president’s home state of Delaware.
