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      Ironically if he wasnt a rich white guy, then he would have either gotten away with it entirely, or would have got a misdemeanour plea deal.

      Literally the only reason this became a felony conviction is because his name is Biden.

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    Sucks to be him. His name short wires every Republican’s brain into a frenzy, otherwise they’d probably be in full support of him for 2A rights. Very consistent party!

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    Appeal to the Supreme Court and let them overturn the conviction on the History and Tradition grounds that there’s no historical precedent from infringing on the gun rights of people on crack. 5th Circuit already ruled on this matter and acquitted the defendant on similar grounds, in the case USA v. Daniels.

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    Just another example of Joe Biden weaponizing the Department of Justice! …oh wait.

    In all seriousness, most people could see this result coming from a mile away. The prosecution had a solid case against him. I expect the justice system to hold everyone accountable for their actions, regardless of who they are. Republicans expecting us to do backflips to defend Hunter Biden as some sort of “gotcha” are completely out of their gourd. He earned this conviction through his own deeds, just like how Trump earned his.

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      They don’t understand that we don’t worship Biden like they do Trump. Hell, most of us don’t even like him that much.

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        My sister was the victim of public enemy #1 in my state. She survived but there’s cyber stalking laws now because of her. Biden as a Senator sponsored her to speak to Congress. She’s the recipient of the Jefferson Award.

        My sister doesn’t like his politics, she probably didn’t vote for him. But there’s no question that Joe Biden is a good person. He is

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          I think he’s a good person, but I agree with your sister and don’t like his politics.

          I will most definitely be voting for him and anyone else who isn’t a Republican for the rest of my life, though.

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            I will most definitely be voting for him and anyone else who isn’t a Republican for the rest of my life, though.

            I wish I had more years on this earth just so I could vote not Republican for longer than I’m going to be able to!

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              Ideally, there either won’t be any more Republican candidates to not vote for or they’ll somehow salvage themselves as a legitimate political party, but I doubt either of these things will happen in my lifetime.

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                I believe they can reform themselves, but like you I know I’ll be dead of old age before they possibly could.

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                  Theyd have to stop being giant pussies and slightly less dumbass so yeah your lifetime probably not

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    I’m genuinely confused as to why I’m supposed to care? Yay, good for you, conservatives! They got trump, so YOU got Hunter Biden! Wow, good job! Anyway…

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        Actually it kind of was.

        This is what they could dig up on the Biden’s after giving a special prosecutor near-carte-blanch to look for dirt on President Biden (and the rest of his family.) this, and the tax stuff.

        Even then, they would have had a plea deal, which was more inline with normal sentencing and shit, except that, it wasn’t “enough” so the prosecution decided to fuck around.

        As for the tax stuff also being brought in California… that’s been settled by the IRS and still being prosecuted all the same. Because politics.

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    Welp, I’m convinced. I certainly won’t be settling for only the FATHER of a felon. I’m going to get the REAL THING.

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    I know multiple people, several of them fine upstanding Republicans that have violated this same law by lying on this same form. Hell, one of them has done it repeatedly in order to straw purchase firearms for his son, a convicted felon.

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      Wouldn’t it be unfortunate if someone reported that kind of thing? Which one should do, since we’re talking about a convicted felon possessing firearms.

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        we had one around here who shot up highland and whos bussiness went bust. Its funny how the community does not appreciate such loving family behaviour.

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    Surely now the NRA will come out and protest this flagrant violation of Hunter Biden’s second amendment rights!