I expected you Liberal, Progressive Democratic Socialist’s to defend Hunter Biden

[Marener]

Actually, the crimes of being an unlawful user of a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm are being prosecuted on a daily basis. The DOJ's website has pages and pages of those cases...

And those cases always involve other circumstances, such as being involved in a violent crime.

Diversion programs are intended for drug users without a history of violence, like Hunter Biden.

 

[JGalt]

And those cases always involve other circumstances, such as being involved in a violent crime.

Diversion programs are intended for drug users without a history of violence, like Hunter Biden.

Actually they don't. Many of them were prosecuted just because some non-felon was pulled over by the police, and they found both drugs and a firearm in their possession. There are hundreds of similar cases on the DOJ's website.

St. Thomas, USVI – Teshawn Nisbett, 22, of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty on November 30, 2016, in federal court to possession of a firearm by an unlawful drug user,United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Sentencing is scheduled for April 6, 2017.​

According to the plea agreement filed with the court, on August 4, 2016, special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recovered a Glock pistol from Nisbett, who was a daily user of marijuana, and had been such an unlawful drug user for the past five years.
The case was investigated by the ATF and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith Edwards.

Gulfport, Miss. – Johnathan Quarles, 25, of Gulfport, pled guilty today before U.S. District U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to one count of possession of a firearm by an unlawful user, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.


On December 26, 2019, Biloxi Police officers executed a search warrant on a Biloxi residence. Just outside the residence, they observed Johnathan Quarles, who was seated in his vehicle. Quarles saw officers and threw a bag of marijuana out of the car window. When the officers spoke with Quarles, they observed an unsheathed .9mm in his pocket. Quarles is an active user of narcotics and therefore not permitted to be in possession of a firearm. He told officers that he smokes 3-4 ounces of weed a day and that he has smoked regularly since he was 13 years old.

Tyshawn Bush, age 20, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted of one count of being an unlawful user of marijuana in possession of firearms.


In a plea agreement, Bush admitted that, on June 27, 2015, he purchased a Savage Arms, 12 gauge shotgun in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In purchasing the firearm, Bush falsely denied using illegal controlled substances. In truth, at the time Bush purchased the shotgun, he was a regular unlawful user of marijuana. On July 16, 2015, Cedar Rapids police officers made a vehicle traffic stop on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids. Bush was a passenger in the vehicle. On the floor of the back seat, where Bush was sitting, officers found a loaded Lorcin .25 caliber pistol, with an obliterated serial number. In the trunk, officers found a Westernfield 16 gauge shotgun which Bush admitted was his.

A man who possessed more than twenty firearms, including at least six military style assault rifles; thousands of rounds ammunition; and about 90 high capacity magazines, as an unlawful user of marijuana, was sentenced today to serve nearly four years in federal prison.


Clint Allen Hughes, 33, from 1165 4th Avenue, Marion, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 17, 2014, guilty plea to being an unlawful user of controlled substances in possession of firearms and ammunition.


Evidence presented at sentencing today showed the firearms and ammunition were seized following a search Hughes’s apartment by the Marion, Iowa, Police Department in August 2013. At that time, Hughes was determined to be an unlawful user of marijuana.

A trial has been scheduled in the case against Kendan Fonville, age 24, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Fonville has been charged with two counts of being an unlawful drug user in possession of firearms.


The charges are contained in an Indictment filed on October 30, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids. Count 1 of the Indictment alleges that, on or about March 24, 2012, Fonville possessed a stolen AK-47 rifle while he was an unlawful user of marijuana. Count 2 of the Indictment alleges that, on or about August 31, 2012, Fonville possessed a .380 caliber handgun while he was an unlawful user of marijuana.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A member of the Atomwaffen Division, a white supremacist organization, pleaded guilty today to possessing firearms while being an unlawful drug user and making a false statement in order to illegally purchase a firearm.


“Marijuana and firearms are a potentially deadly mix,” said G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “If you are a drug user, you are prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm. Simple as that.”

 

[okfine]

The whacky republicans showed that can't even imprison a crackhead.

 

[marvin martian]

I expected you Liberal, Progressive Democratic Socialist’s to defend Hunter Biden but not to the extent that he lost a loved one which made him use drugs, and turn around to have an SEXUAL affair with his own Sister in law, and deny support to his own Child after it was proven she was his, not have anything to do with her life or have her Grandfather even acknowledge her.
Children don’t magically “get over” trauma shuch as this. Trauma, Toxic Stress, and adverse childhood experiences can, and usually permanently change children’s childhood, which can have serious, lifelong consequences. Didn’t that Weird bunch of Biden’s ever think of that!

Something very, very good has come out of the Hunter Biden saga. We now KNOW, beyond any doubt, that the left's "gun control" arguments are utter bullshit that they don't believe in at all. I suspected this for a long time, now it's confirmed. They are thrilled that a guy who committed a federal felony by illegally purchasing a handgun is skating. That tells you everything you need to know.

The left now has ZERO legitimacy in ANY gun debate.

 

[rightwinger]

Ok.

Photo shop
Not well done

 

[rightwinger]

Something very, very good has come out of the Hunter Biden saga. We now KNOW, beyond any doubt, that the left's "gun control" arguments are utter bullshit that they don't believe in at all. I suspected this for a long time, now it's confirmed. They are thrilled that a guy who committed a federal felony by illegally purchasing a handgun is skating. That tells you everything you need to know.

The left now has ZERO legitimacy in ANY gun debate.

I agree

Let’s take guns away from anyone who has done drugs

 

[Marener]

Actually they don't. Many of them were prosecuted just because some non-felon was pulled over by the police, and they found both drugs and a firearm in their possession. There are hundreds of similar cases on the DOJ's website.

St. Thomas, USVI – Teshawn Nisbett, 22, of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty on November 30, 2016, in federal court to possession of a firearm by an unlawful drug user,United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Sentencing is scheduled for April 6, 2017.​

According to the plea agreement filed with the court, on August 4, 2016, special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recovered a Glock pistol from Nisbett, who was a daily user of marijuana, and had been such an unlawful drug user for the past five years.
The case was investigated by the ATF and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith Edwards.

Gulfport, Miss. – Johnathan Quarles, 25, of Gulfport, pled guilty today before U.S. District U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to one count of possession of a firearm by an unlawful user, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.


On December 26, 2019, Biloxi Police officers executed a search warrant on a Biloxi residence. Just outside the residence, they observed Johnathan Quarles, who was seated in his vehicle. Quarles saw officers and threw a bag of marijuana out of the car window. When the officers spoke with Quarles, they observed an unsheathed .9mm in his pocket. Quarles is an active user of narcotics and therefore not permitted to be in possession of a firearm. He told officers that he smokes 3-4 ounces of weed a day and that he has smoked regularly since he was 13 years old.

Tyshawn Bush, age 20, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted of one count of being an unlawful user of marijuana in possession of firearms.


In a plea agreement, Bush admitted that, on June 27, 2015, he purchased a Savage Arms, 12 gauge shotgun in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In purchasing the firearm, Bush falsely denied using illegal controlled substances. In truth, at the time Bush purchased the shotgun, he was a regular unlawful user of marijuana. On July 16, 2015, Cedar Rapids police officers made a vehicle traffic stop on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids. Bush was a passenger in the vehicle. On the floor of the back seat, where Bush was sitting, officers found a loaded Lorcin .25 caliber pistol, with an obliterated serial number. In the trunk, officers found a Westernfield 16 gauge shotgun which Bush admitted was his.

A man who possessed more than twenty firearms, including at least six military style assault rifles; thousands of rounds ammunition; and about 90 high capacity magazines, as an unlawful user of marijuana, was sentenced today to serve nearly four years in federal prison.


Clint Allen Hughes, 33, from 1165 4th Avenue, Marion, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 17, 2014, guilty plea to being an unlawful user of controlled substances in possession of firearms and ammunition.


Evidence presented at sentencing today showed the firearms and ammunition were seized following a search Hughes’s apartment by the Marion, Iowa, Police Department in August 2013. At that time, Hughes was determined to be an unlawful user of marijuana.

A trial has been scheduled in the case against Kendan Fonville, age 24, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Fonville has been charged with two counts of being an unlawful drug user in possession of firearms.


The charges are contained in an Indictment filed on October 30, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids. Count 1 of the Indictment alleges that, on or about March 24, 2012, Fonville possessed a stolen AK-47 rifle while he was an unlawful user of marijuana. Count 2 of the Indictment alleges that, on or about August 31, 2012, Fonville possessed a .380 caliber handgun while he was an unlawful user of marijuana.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A member of the Atomwaffen Division, a white supremacist organization, pleaded guilty today to possessing firearms while being an unlawful drug user and making a false statement in order to illegally purchase a firearm.


“Marijuana and firearms are a potentially deadly mix,” said G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “If you are a drug user, you are prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm. Simple as that.”

The federal charges are only part of the picture, you can’t get the whole scope without looking at the local charges. It takes luck because not everything is available online, only some of these stories are published in local media.

For example:

Cedar Rapids police make arrest in Tuesday shots fired case

CEDAR RAPIDS – Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a shots fired report earlier in the week. …

www.thegazette.com

Tyshawn Bush was arrested Thursday afternoon for intimidation with a dangerous weapon, a Class C felony, and carrying weapons, an aggravated misdemeanor.

 

[marvin martian]

I agree

Let’s take guns away from anyone who has done drugs

We all know you don't believe that now.

LOL

 

[marvin martian]

Biden's son got what he deserved and is now considered to be a convicted felon. Frankly, I never gave a rat's ass about Hunter Biden, since he is not running for office, when he would have a say in my life.

Hunter is convicted, now the investigations turn to Joe.

 

[skews13]

I expected you Liberal, Progressive Democratic Socialist’s to defend Hunter Biden but not to the extent that he lost a loved one which made him use drugs, and turn around to have an SEXUAL affair with his own Sister in law, and deny support to his own Child after it was proven she was his, not have anything to do with her life or have her Grandfather even acknowledge her.
Children don’t magically “get over” trauma shuch as this. Trauma, Toxic Stress, and adverse childhood experiences can, and usually permanently change children’s childhood, which can have serious, lifelong consequences. Didn’t that Weird bunch of Biden’s ever think of that!

You thought?

Now there’s a contradiction in terms of there ever was one.

 

[JGalt]

Des Moines, IA – Kenneth Quinton Crosby, age 24, of Des Moines, was sentenced today to 12 months and 1 day in prison following his guilty plea to four counts of False Statement During Purchase of a Firearm and one count of Unlawful Drug User in Possession of Firearms. Following his prison term, Crosby also will have to serve three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

PROVIDENCE – A Burrillville man admitted today to a federal judge that he was an unlawful user of controlled substances, including cocaine, when he purchased and possessed more than 200 firearms, and that he made false statements when purchasing the firearms, claiming on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) forms that he was not an unlawful drug user, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. During that review, agents learned that Andruchuk had previous contact with Cranston Police Department, during which he admitted being a medical marijuana user; during later contact with the Cranston Police when he was arrested on controlled substance offenses, Andruchuk admitted to having a substance abuse problem.

DAVENPORT, Iowa- United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on October 30, 2020, Brandon Tumause Owen, age 20, of Cedar Rapids, was indicted by a federal grand jury for one count of Unlawful Drug User in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. Sections 922(g)(3) and 924(a), after he brandished an AR-15 assault rifle during a June protest in Iowa City. According to public records, Owen was stopped on June 7, 2020, by Iowa City Police for a traffic offense. An impaired driving investigation was performed and indicated Owen was under the influence of marijuana. An AR-15 rifle was located inside Owen’s vehicle. Under federal law, it is illegal for an unlawful drug user to possess firearms.

Justin E. Herdman, U.S Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio has returned a three-count indictment charging Trevor Leis, 27, of Elida, Ohio with two counts of being an unlawful drug user in possession of firearms and one count of making false statements in connection with the purchase of firearms. Leis was arrested this morning by the FBI without incident.

The United States Attorney(s Office announced that MARK LAWRENCE WILSON was sentenced on February 20, 2014, to a term of 6 months in federal prison with three years of supervised release to follow, before U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen. Wilson was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to being an unlawful drug user in possession of firearms. In an Offer of Proof filed with the Court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Paulette Stewart advised the court that on November 8, 2012, Mark Lawrence Wilson, an unlawful drug user of marijuana and cocaine, possessed 12 firearms and more than 5,200 rounds of ammunition in Flathead County. Stewart told the court that Wilson was a user of both cocaine and marijuana.The investigation was a cooperative effort of Homeland Security Investigations, Montana Division of Criminal Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration Laboratory, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Northwest Montana Drug Task Force.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison announced today that 288 arrests have been made by local and federal law enforcement officers in Operation LeGend
G’aunte Butler, drug user in possession of a firearm;
Chase Lewis, drug user in possession of a firearm;
Monty Ray, unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm;
Logan Tanner Laws, unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm;

A man who falsely claimed he was not a drug user when buying an AK-47-style rifle in 2018 was sentenced July 11, 2019, to nearly three years in federal prison. Braiden Robert William Despenas, age 22, from Mason City, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 4, 2019 guilty plea to being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm and making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.

BECKLEY, W.Va. – A Raleigh County man who admitted to having an addiction to the powerful prescription painkiller oxycodone was sentenced today to one year and nine months in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. James David Morris, 34, of Eccles, W.Va., previously pleaded guilty in April to being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm. On March 28, 2012, Morris possessed a .45 caliber pistol near Harper, Raleigh County. Morris told police that at the time he possessed the firearm, he was an unlawful user of and addicted to oxycodone. Police also recovered eight additional firearms that were located at Morris’ residence.

United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Darion Haynie, age 26, of Omaha, Nebraska was sentenced for his conviction for being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm. Senior United States District Court Judge sentenced Haynie to five years of probation. While on probation, Haynie will be required to serve six months on home confinement. On July 6, 2015, the Omaha Police Department executed a search warrant at Haynie’s home in Omaha. A Masterpiece Arms 5.7 x 28mm handgun was found in Haynie’s bedroom along with 4.5 grams of marijuana and a marijuana grinder with marijuana residue inside. Haynie admitted ownership of both the gun and the marijuana.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Ian K. Saunders, 35, of Weirton, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for unlawful possession of firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Saunders, who is addicted to heroin, was discovered in January 2014 in possession of four rifles and two pistols. He pled guilty in August 2014 to one count of “Unlawful Drug User and Addict in Possession of a Firearm.” As part of the sentence issued today, Saunders was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $8,000.00.

PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Aleppo, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearm laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Chester Aaron Hostutler, age 35, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm and ammunition by an unlawful drug user before United States District Judge Marilyn J. Horan. In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Troopers with the Pennsylvania State Police conducted traffic stops of a vehicle driven by Hostutler on two separate days in August 2020. During each traffic stop, Hostutler admitted to using drugs and to having a firearm.

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Evan Lewis, 28, of Brunswick, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 2½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for providing false information during an attempt to purchase a firearm. Lewis pleaded guilty on October 26, 2017. According to court records, on July 22, 2015, Lewis attempted to purchase a Taurus, semi-automatic, 9mm pistol from a pawn shop in Lewiston, Maine. In the process of doing so, Lewis completed an Firearms Transaction Record form in which he falsely claimed that his name was David Frank Lewis and denied having been convicted of a felony crime or being an unlawful drug user. In fact, Lewis was a convicted felon and an unlawful user of Methamphetamine. The pawn shop ultimately refused to sell Lewis the pistol because the name he gave did not match the name on his driver's license.

HAMMOND- Denear Scott, 32, of East Chicago, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to making false statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Scott was sentenced to 12 months in prison followed by 1 years of supervised release. According to documents in the case, between May and December 2020, Scott purchased a total of 13 handguns from licensed firearms dealers in Lake County, Indiana. In each of the transactions, Scott falsely certified on federal forms that he was not an unlawful drug user, when, in fact, Scott regularly used marijuana.

LITTLE ROCK—Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Mary Downie, Acting Resident Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), announced today’s arrest of Nicole Blakely, who admitted during a recent trial that she possessed firearms while using illegal drugs.
Blakely, 39, of Little Rock, was arrested on a federal complaint for being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(3). She appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Joe J. Volpe Thursday afternoon and was detained following her initial appearance.

A man who illegally possessed a firearm and a high-capacity magazine was sentenced on July 20, 2022, in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Dennis Earl Williams, Jr., age 32, from Chicago, Illinois, pled guilty on January 13, 2022, to being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm. Evidence in the record showed that Williams was traveling through Dubuque, Iowa, with a loaded Glock, Model 19, 9mm caliber pistol along with a 50‑round drum magazine. Williams had marijuana in his system during the same time frame.

A man who illegally possessed three firearms was sentenced to over three years in federal prison.
Jonathon Sotres-De La O, age 20, from Sioux City, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 19, 2021, guilty plea to one count of possession of a firearm by an unlawful drug user and one count of receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment. At the time Sotres-De La O possessed the firearms and ammunition he knew he was an unlawful user of controlled substances.

Douglas Lynn Vanderslice, 35, of Butte, on charges of unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm. If convicted of the most serious crime, Vanderslice faces a maximum 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Vanderslice was released pending further proceedings. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case. PACER case reference. 21-36.

A man who illegally possessed a loaded handgun pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Timothy James Hensley, age 44, from Martell, Iowa, was convicted of one count of being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm.

 

[JGalt]

The federal charges are only part of the picture, you can’t get the whole scope without looking at the local charges. It takes luck because not everything is available online, only some of these stories are published in local media.

For example:

Cedar Rapids police make arrest in Tuesday shots fired case

CEDAR RAPIDS – Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a shots fired report earlier in the week. …

www.thegazette.com

Tyshawn Bush was arrested Thursday afternoon for intimidation with a dangerous weapon, a Class C felony, and carrying weapons, an aggravated misdemeanor.

Only one single case I listed involved other circumstances. How about these? Would you like me to list 100 cases of the conviction of a user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm, with no other circumstances? Because I can do that if you'd like.

Des Moines, IA – Kenneth Quinton Crosby, age 24, of Des Moines, was sentenced today to 12 months and 1 day in prison following his guilty plea to four counts of False Statement During Purchase of a Firearm and one count of Unlawful Drug User in Possession of Firearms. Following his prison term, Crosby also will have to serve three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

PROVIDENCE – A Burrillville man admitted today to a federal judge that he was an unlawful user of controlled substances, including cocaine, when he purchased and possessed more than 200 firearms, and that he made false statements when purchasing the firearms, claiming on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) forms that he was not an unlawful drug user, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. During that review, agents learned that Andruchuk had previous contact with Cranston Police Department, during which he admitted being a medical marijuana user; during later contact with the Cranston Police when he was arrested on controlled substance offenses, Andruchuk admitted to having a substance abuse problem.

DAVENPORT, Iowa- United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on October 30, 2020, Brandon Tumause Owen, age 20, of Cedar Rapids, was indicted by a federal grand jury for one count of Unlawful Drug User in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. Sections 922(g)(3) and 924(a), after he brandished an AR-15 assault rifle during a June protest in Iowa City. According to public records, Owen was stopped on June 7, 2020, by Iowa City Police for a traffic offense. An impaired driving investigation was performed and indicated Owen was under the influence of marijuana. An AR-15 rifle was located inside Owen’s vehicle. Under federal law, it is illegal for an unlawful drug user to possess firearms.

Justin E. Herdman, U.S Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio has returned a three-count indictment charging Trevor Leis, 27, of Elida, Ohio with two counts of being an unlawful drug user in possession of firearms and one count of making false statements in connection with the purchase of firearms. Leis was arrested this morning by the FBI without incident.
The United States Attorney(s Office announced that MARK LAWRENCE WILSON was sentenced on February 20, 2014, to a term of 6 months in federal prison with three years of supervised release to follow, before U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen. Wilson was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to being an unlawful drug user in possession of firearms. In an Offer of Proof filed with the Court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Paulette Stewart advised the court that on November 8, 2012, Mark Lawrence Wilson, an unlawful drug user of marijuana and cocaine, possessed 12 firearms and more than 5,200 rounds of ammunition in Flathead County. Stewart told the court that Wilson was a user of both cocaine and marijuana.The investigation was a cooperative effort of Homeland Security Investigations, Montana Division of Criminal Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration Laboratory, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Northwest Montana Drug Task Force.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison announced today that 288 arrests have been made by local and federal law enforcement officers in Operation LeGend
G’aunte Butler, drug user in possession of a firearm;
Chase Lewis, drug user in possession of a firearm;
Monty Ray, unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm;
Logan Tanner Laws, unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm;

A man who falsely claimed he was not a drug user when buying an AK-47-style rifle in 2018 was sentenced July 11, 2019, to nearly three years in federal prison. Braiden Robert William Despenas, age 22, from Mason City, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 4, 2019 guilty plea to being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm and making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.

BECKLEY, W.Va. – A Raleigh County man who admitted to having an addiction to the powerful prescription painkiller oxycodone was sentenced today to one year and nine months in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. James David Morris, 34, of Eccles, W.Va., previously pleaded guilty in April to being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm. On March 28, 2012, Morris possessed a .45 caliber pistol near Harper, Raleigh County. Morris told police that at the time he possessed the firearm, he was an unlawful user of and addicted to oxycodone. Police also recovered eight additional firearms that were located at Morris’ residence.

United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Darion Haynie, age 26, of Omaha, Nebraska was sentenced for his conviction for being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm. Senior United States District Court Judge sentenced Haynie to five years of probation. While on probation, Haynie will be required to serve six months on home confinement. On July 6, 2015, the Omaha Police Department executed a search warrant at Haynie’s home in Omaha. A Masterpiece Arms 5.7 x 28mm handgun was found in Haynie’s bedroom along with 4.5 grams of marijuana and a marijuana grinder with marijuana residue inside. Haynie admitted ownership of both the gun and the marijuana.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Ian K. Saunders, 35, of Weirton, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for unlawful possession of firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Saunders, who is addicted to heroin, was discovered in January 2014 in possession of four rifles and two pistols. He pled guilty in August 2014 to one count of “Unlawful Drug User and Addict in Possession of a Firearm.” As part of the sentence issued today, Saunders was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $8,000.00.

PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Aleppo, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearm laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Chester Aaron Hostutler, age 35, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm and ammunition by an unlawful drug user before United States District Judge Marilyn J. Horan. In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Troopers with the Pennsylvania State Police conducted traffic stops of a vehicle driven by Hostutler on two separate days in August 2020. During each traffic stop, Hostutler admitted to using drugs and to having a firearm.

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Evan Lewis, 28, of Brunswick, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 2½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for providing false information during an attempt to purchase a firearm. Lewis pleaded guilty on October 26, 2017. According to court records, on July 22, 2015, Lewis attempted to purchase a Taurus, semi-automatic, 9mm pistol from a pawn shop in Lewiston, Maine. In the process of doing so, Lewis completed an Firearms Transaction Record form in which he falsely claimed that his name was David Frank Lewis and denied having been convicted of a felony crime or being an unlawful drug user. In fact, Lewis was a convicted felon and an unlawful user of Methamphetamine. The pawn shop ultimately refused to sell Lewis the pistol because the name he gave did not match the name on his driver's license.

HAMMOND- Denear Scott, 32, of East Chicago, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to making false statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Scott was sentenced to 12 months in prison followed by 1 years of supervised release. According to documents in the case, between May and December 2020, Scott purchased a total of 13 handguns from licensed firearms dealers in Lake County, Indiana. In each of the transactions, Scott falsely certified on federal forms that he was not an unlawful drug user, when, in fact, Scott regularly used marijuana.

LITTLE ROCK—Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Mary Downie, Acting Resident Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), announced today’s arrest of Nicole Blakely, who admitted during a recent trial that she possessed firearms while using illegal drugs.
Blakely, 39, of Little Rock, was arrested on a federal complaint for being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(3). She appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Joe J. Volpe Thursday afternoon and was detained following her initial appearance.

A man who illegally possessed a firearm and a high-capacity magazine was sentenced on July 20, 2022, in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Dennis Earl Williams, Jr., age 32, from Chicago, Illinois, pled guilty on January 13, 2022, to being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm. Evidence in the record showed that Williams was traveling through Dubuque, Iowa, with a loaded Glock, Model 19, 9mm caliber pistol along with a 50‑round drum magazine. Williams had marijuana in his system during the same time frame.

A man who illegally possessed three firearms was sentenced to over three years in federal prison.
Jonathon Sotres-De La O, age 20, from Sioux City, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 19, 2021, guilty plea to one count of possession of a firearm by an unlawful drug user and one count of receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment. At the time Sotres-De La O possessed the firearms and ammunition he knew he was an unlawful user of controlled substances.

Douglas Lynn Vanderslice, 35, of Butte, on charges of unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm. If convicted of the most serious crime, Vanderslice faces a maximum 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Vanderslice was released pending further proceedings. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case. PACER case reference. 21-36.

A man who illegally possessed a loaded handgun pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Timothy James Hensley, age 44, from Martell, Iowa, was convicted of one count of being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm.

 

[Billiejeens]

They keep complaining about when Trump commanded the republican attorney general he picked, or the republican FBI director or republican FBI director he picked. And failed to indict Hillary Clinton for anything.
If there was any failure to go after Clinton, it lies squarely on the people running the show. And now Trump is talking about if re-elected he would appoint some sort of super-duper special prosecutor to go after the Biden family.

Now THAT is the sign of a banana republic.

I really think that the November Coup would still top that.

 

[JGalt]

The federal charges are only part of the picture, you can’t get the whole scope without looking at the local charges. It takes luck because not everything is available online, only some of these stories are published in local media.

For example:

Cedar Rapids police make arrest in Tuesday shots fired case

CEDAR RAPIDS – Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a shots fired report earlier in the week. …

www.thegazette.com

Tyshawn Bush was arrested Thursday afternoon for intimidation with a dangerous weapon, a Class C felony, and carrying weapons, an aggravated misdemeanor.

@Marener

You're still trying to weasel out on the fact the federal laws were not enforced against Hunter Biden, because his father was the VP. And yet, you yourself are a proponent of more gun laws, I've pointed that out to you.

Now which one is it? Should federal gun laws be enforced equally across the board or not?

 

[Marener]

You're still trying to weasel out on the fact the federal laws were not enforced against Hunter Biden, because his father was the VP. And yet, you yourself are a proponent of more gun laws, I've pointed that out to you.

Now which one is it? Should federal gun laws be enforced equally across the board or not?

I am a proponent of gun laws that are actually enforceable. I’m mostly a proponent of a federal database of all firearms.

Tell me how you know that he wasn’t prosecuted because of Joe Biden? It’s a “fact” after all?

 

[JGalt]

I am a proponent of gun laws that are actually enforceable. I’m mostly a proponent of a federal database of all firearms.

Tell me how you know that he wasn’t prosecuted because of Joe Biden? It’s a “fact” after all?

Are you fucking serious?

The President's own son was charged with a felony firearm offense.

 

[Marener]

Are you fucking serious?

Hunter Biden was charged with a felony firearm offense.

I’m serious. Show me how you know that Joe Biden had anything to do with it.

Can you do it or not?

 

[francoHFW]

I expected you Liberal, Progressive Democratic Socialist’s to defend Hunter Biden but not to the extent that he lost a loved one which made him use drugs, and turn around to have an SEXUAL affair with his own Sister in law, and deny support to his own Child after it was proven she was his, not have anything to do with her life or have her Grandfather even acknowledge her.
Children don’t magically “get over” trauma shuch as this. Trauma, Toxic Stress, and adverse childhood experiences can, and usually permanently change children’s childhood, which can have serious, lifelong consequences. Didn’t that Weird bunch of Biden’s ever think of that!

Meanwhile the trump kids have made over a billion dollars from China et cetera While Trump was actually president l o l..... Just a bunch of crap. And we don't need your BS about what two people do when the hero of the family dies of brain cancer, brainwashed functional moron hater....

 

[JGalt]

I’m serious. Show me how you know that Joe Biden had anything to do with it.

Can you do it or not?

The President's own son was charged with a felony firearm offense. And the DOJ chose not to prosecute him.

 

[francoHFW]

Are you fucking serious?

The President's own son was charged with a felony firearm offense.

every year hundreds of thousands lie about doing drugs when they apply for everything, and at the time no one was Indicted for the same thing. It's a joke and so are you... change the damn channel stupid.