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You are misusing a term of art. "Bogus argument" or "Misstatement of the law" would be more accurate.Here's this legal fiction that just keep popping up (permit to purchase):
"In order to purchase a firearm, someone with a firearm identification card must also obtain a “permit to purchase” under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 131A. See id. §§ 129C, 131E(b). And the eligibility criteria for obtaining a permit to purchase match the eligibility criteria for obtaining a license to carry under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, § 131. See id. § 131A (“A licensing authority under [§ 131], upon the application of a person qualified to be granted a license thereunder by such authority, may grant to such a person … a permit to purchase.”)."
How can lawyers like this get away with lying in court especially to a judge?
"Legal fiction" is a term used to describe something that is untrue but deemend to be considered as true, and treated as such, by the court. An example is an expunged record of conviction or arrest. Because it is expunged, "Legal fiction" allows the answer to the question "Have you ever been arrested or convicted" to be considered the truth by the court, even though it is actually untrue - hence "Legal fiction".