In an ironic twist, the Supreme Court will review the gun law used to convict former first son Hunter Biden of lying on a gun permit application.

Biden was convicted last year of claiming he didn't use controlled substances when he applied for a firearm permit in 2018. He admitted in his 2021 memoir that he was hooked on crack cocaine at the time.

Biden was pardoned by his father, former President Joe Biden, before he could be sentenced for the gun crime. The blanket pardon covered all crimes he might have committed between Jan. 1, 2014, and Dec. 12, 2024.

Ali Hemani wasn't lucky enough to have a famous and powerful father, however.

The violation

When Hemani's home was searched in 2022, police found a firearm and drugs together, which violated the law.

While President Donald Trump is normally pro-Second Amendment, he's on the other side of this case, which was thrown out by an appeals court.

He's asking SCOTUS to rule that active drug users and addicts can't own firearms even if they are not under the influence when the weapon is found.

Obviously, using drugs or alcohol impairs people's ability to make good decisions, and that makes having a gun dangerous.

A conundrum

Then again, there were certainly alcoholics at the time the Second Amendment was written, and yet, nothing was mentioned then about whether there should be an exception to the Second Amendment for addicts.

Our knowledge about addiction is certainly much greater now, which may account for the type of ruling requested.

It's a conundrum tailor made for the nation's highest court to sort out, and I personally think they'll do a great job with it.

Undoubtedly, though, their ruling will infuriate some no matter how well-reasoned it is.

It isn't the first big gun case the court will hear in recent years, of course.

The 2022 ruling on New York gun regulations was a huge step to shore up the Second Amendment, but it seems like this one could go either way.