The Blaze has a list of Biden's five most absurd comments on the gun issue. Here's my favorite.
“Just fire the shotgun through the door”
– After giving his advice to go out and “buy a shotgun” rather than an AR-15, Biden issued, perhaps, his most controversial gun comment to date.During an interview with Field and Stream, an outdoors magazine, the vice-president gave additional advice to those looking to protect themselves against would-be intruders: “Just fire the shotgun through the by Text-Enhance"> by Text-Enhance"> by Text-Enhance">door.”
a full transcript of his comments:" data-num="18"> And, again, he said that most can ”handle a shotgun a hell of a lot better than they can a semi-automatic weapon.” Here’s a full transcript of his comments:
Well, the way in which we measure it is—I think most scholars would say—is that as long as you have a weapon sufficient to be able to provide your self-defense. I did one of these town-hall meetings on the Internet and one guy said, “Well, what happens when the end days come? What happens when there’s the earthquake? I live in California, and I have to protect myself.”
I said, “Well, you by Text-Enhance"> by Text-Enhance"> by Text-Enhance">know, my shotgun will do better for you than your AR-15, because you want to keep someone away from your house, just fire the shotgun through the door.” Most people can handle a shotgun a hell of a lot better than they can a semi-automatic weapon in terms of both their aim and in terms of their ability to deter people coming. We can argue whether that’s true or not, but it is no argument that, for example, a shotgun could do the same job of protecting you. Now, granted, you can come back and say, “Well, a machine gun could do a better job of protecting me.” No one’s arguing we should make machine guns legal.we’ve noted, just shooting through a door isn’t necessarily the best foot forward in terms of ensuring self-protection." data-num="21"> But as we’ve noted, just shooting through a door isn’t necessarily the best foot forward in terms of ensuring self-protection.
