Reason Magazine
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Hunter Biden's gun charges set up a constitutional challenge that will pit him against his father, says Julian Zelizer .
Zelizer: Biden , by his own admission, was a crack cocaine user when he bought a Colt Cobra .
He says indictment vividly illustrates penalty that criminal defendants pay for insisting on their Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury.
Biden is likely to challenge the case against him on the same grounds.
David Gergen : 98 percent of federal convictions and 95 percent of state convictions are based on guilty pleas.
Biden says marijuana use should not be treated as a crime, but it's serious enough to justify the loss of Second Amendment rights.
Biden 's position pits him against his own son, whose freedom may depend on his ability to persuade courts that his father is wrong about the constitutionality of gun restrictions.
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