Joe Biden On ARs and Shotguns
BY Herschel Smith
11 years, 9 months ago
Crazy uncle Joe in his own words.
“You don’t need an AR-15, it’s harder to aim, it’s harder to use,” he stressed.
Biden indicated that he has given his own wife the same advice. “I said, ‘Jill, if there’s ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony here, put that double-barreled shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house,’” he said, and urged viewers, in closing, “Buy a shotgun, buy a shotgun!”
Right. Hand a double-barrel (I assume, 12 gauge) shotgun to a potentially small frame woman, tell her to shoot both barrels into the air, wasting her shots and leaving her defenseless, and dispense with actually aiming a weapon.
My dumb-ass dog is smarter than him. Seriously. Folks, do … not … ever … take an approach like this in situations of threat to your person. Ever. There are so many things wrong with this it’s hard to know where to begin. First of all, do not ever leave yourself no means of egress if you are under threat, and do not ever approach the person who is threatening you. In Castle-doctrine states you don’t have to retreat in your own home, but that’s different than recommending that someone walk out of their home.
Second, the choice of weapons should be up to the shooter, but a 12 gauge shotgun has some kick, and she may not be able to handle it. The 5.56 mm round has much less recoil, aided by the buffer spring in the AR which absorbs much of the recoil. Finally, no self defense expert recommends warning shots. In fact, forget self defense experts. No serious person anywhere recommends warning shots.
Just please. Seriously. Do not ever do what he is recommending. He’s just crazy uncle Joe being himself.
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On February 19, 2013 at 9:28 pm, Justin said:
He is putting his ignorance on display.
I’ll take him on in a shooting contest, any range. He gets a shotgun, I get an iron-sighted AR.
My AR pistol is my primary HD weapon.
On February 19, 2013 at 9:30 pm, Justin said:
I’ll even let him pick the target type and size. ;-)
On February 19, 2013 at 9:31 pm, Justin said:
I’ll even let him pick the target type and size.
Pumpkin, clay pigeons, apples, bullseyes, reactive zombies… whatever. ;-)
On February 20, 2013 at 3:21 pm, Jose said:
“You don’t need an AR-15, it’s harder to aim, it’s harder to use,”
If so, then why does the military use them? Or the police?
Better not burden those women on the front lines with them!