thomas davison Party Leader
Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Posts: 4018 Location: northumberland
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:15 am Post subject: IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR HOME BUY A SHOTGUN OR TWO |
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Joe Biden: buy a shotgun, not an assault rifle, to protect your home
US vice-president in online video Q&A says a 12-gauge shotgun is more than enough to see off intruders
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 20 February 2013 05.13 GMT
Link to video: Buy a shotgun, says Joe Biden
Joe Biden, the US vice-president, has said Americans should buy shotguns rather than assault rifles if they want to protect their homes.
Biden, who is leading a push for President Barack Obama's gun control proposals, made the remark during a question-and-answer session on Facebook on Tuesday.
The vice-president has not one but two shotguns, which he says he keeps in a locked cabinet at his house in his home state of Delaware, and he has given his wife, Jill, explicit instructions on how to deal with any would-be intruder.
"We live in an area that's wooded and secluded," Biden said. "I said, 'Jill, if there's ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony here ... put that double-barrelled shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house.'
"I promise you, whoever's coming in is not going to," Biden said. "You don't need an AR-15 [assault rifle]. It's harder to aim. It's harder to use. And in fact, you don't need 30 rounds to protect yourself.
"Buy a shotgun. Buy a shotgun," he said.
The vice-president, who is known for sometimes telling long, personal stories in his public appearances, is pushing Obama's plan for curbing gun violence after the December school shooting massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
But some of the proposals, including a ban on the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips, have run into stiff opposition from the influential US gun lobby and its advocates on Capitol Hill.
Biden has expressed a predilection for shotguns before. In January, during a similar chat session on Google+, he said that in a catastrophic scenario such as an earthquake, which could lead to mass disturbances, "if you want to keep people alive ... buy some shotgun shells".
This is a good idea, everyone should have shotguns to protect their lives and homes because the police will not do it., unless your rich. |
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