Penalties for Hunter Biden’s Alleged Gun Crimes Include Jail Time, Up to $250,000 in Fines

The trial for Hunter Biden’s three alleged gun crimes begins Tuesday and the penalties for some of the allegations include jail time and steep fines.

NBC News noted that “two of the counts accuse Hunter Biden of having completed a form indicating he was not using illegal drugs when he bought a Colt Cobra revolver in October 2018” and “the third count alleges he possessed a firearm while using a narcotic.”

The form on which Biden is alleged to have given false answers is an ATF Form 4473, a firearms transaction form used while undergoing a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check when buying a gun at retail.

This is how the process works: The perspective buyer fills out an ATF Form 4473 and hands it to a Federal Firearms License (FFL) holder, who then calls the FBI and relays the information from the form, receiv