{"id":17609,"date":"2013-02-22T06:28:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T11:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17609"},"modified":"2013-02-22T06:28:30","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T11:28:30","slug":"the-wisdom-of-vice-president-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17609","title":{"rendered":"The Wisdom Of Vice-President Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Ed Morrissey<\/a> at Hot Air<\/a> posted an article about Vice-President Joe Biden<\/a>‘s comments on the gun control debate. The comments were not particularly helpful to the average American<\/a> trying to protect his family, but they were interesting.<\/p>\n

In case you missed it, this is the Vice-President’s solution to protecting your home:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI said, \u2018Jill, if there\u2019s ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony here, walk out and put that double-barrel shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house,\u2019\u201d Biden said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t need an AR-15\u2014it\u2019s harder to aim,\u201d he added, \u201cit\u2019s harder to use, and in fact you don\u2019t need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Buy a shotgun! Buy a shotgun!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a few basic problems with the Vice-President’s suggestion. First of all, as anyone who is an experienced shooter will tell you, what goes up must come down.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

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Rob Wiltbank, a gun rights advocate who founded Delaware Open Carry in 2008, told\u00a0U.S. News<\/em>\u00a0he agrees with the vice president that a shotgun would be good for home protection, but he was also troubled by the hypothetical.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be incredibly irresponsible of a gun owner to blindly discharge a firearm into the air,\u201d said Wiltbank. \u201cWhat goes up, must come down and this specific behavior has been the cause of many negligent homicides over the years.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Shellenberger, a lawyer who serves as a spokesman for the Delaware State Sportsmen\u2019s Association, told\u00a0U.S. News<\/em>\u00a0that Biden\u2019s security tip was \u201cthe worst type of advice.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The other obvious problem is that after you fire those two shots out of your shotgun you have to reload. Until then you are defenseless.<\/p>\n

In addition to being illegal, the Vice-President’s idea is also bad strategy. The article reminds us:<\/p>\n

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In addition to felony charges, Shellenberger cited the \u201cDischarge of a firearm within 15 yards of a road (7 Del.C. \u00a7 719), a misdemeanor,\u201d and \u201cViolation of the residential dwelling safety zone as set forth in 7 Del.C. \u00a7 723, also a misdemeanor.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond the potential criminal liability, it is simply bad advice,\u201d added Shellenberger. \u201cNot only does blasting blindly away put innocent persons at risk, it also tells the bad guys where you are and that you are armed. In most circumstances, it might be better if that comes as a surprise to the bad guys.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank goodness we have the Secret Service to protect this man so that he doesn’t have to follow his own advice.\"Enhanced<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Ed Morrissey at Hot Air posted an article about Vice-President Joe Biden‘s comments on the gun control debate. The comments were not particularly helpful to the average American trying to protect his family, but they were interesting. In case … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4813,5019,221,5021,118,5020,1738],"class_list":["post-17609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ar-15","tag-double-barreled-shotgun","tag-ed-morrissey","tag-firing-a-shotgun-into-the-air","tag-joe-biden","tag-protecting-your-family","tag-shotgun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17609"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17611,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609\/revisions\/17611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}