Isn't that what "Smirky the Veep" said last year when telling the nation that a shotgun was all that anyone ever needed for self-defense?
Well Jeffrey Barton of Vancouver, Washington is using that as his legal defense now that he's been arrested for taking Joe's bad advice.
Vancouver man’s gun shooting defense: Biden
A Vancouver man who fired a shotgun to chase away alleged car prowlers pleaded not guilty Wednesday and cited Vice President Joe Biden as the reason he did this.
Jeffery Barton, 52, pleaded not guilty to one count of illegal aiming or discharging a firearm at his arraignment in Clark County Court.
Barton reportedly admitted to deputies that he fired his weapon while chasing away people who he thought were breaking into his vehicles at 5804 NE 124th St. in the early morning hours Monday.
Deputies are investigating whether a large teen party that got out of control at a neighbor’s home may have been linked to the shooting. However, at this point, deputies have said there was no evidence of prowlers on Barton’s property.
Outside the courtroom Wednesday, Barton cited the vice president in defense of his actions.
“I did what Joe Biden told me to do,” Barton told KOIN. “I went outside and fired my shotgun in the air.”
Barton was referring to a question and answer session the vice president had in February.
“If you want to protect yourself, get a double-barreled shotgun,” Biden said at the time.
“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,’” Biden added.
However, sheriff’s deputies told KOIN 6 News Wednesday that current law does not afford people the right to just fire off their gun. There must be a self-defense component, along with a life-threatening situation — none of which appeared to be the case here, they said.
So there's dumb, and there's "Biden dumb". Don't be Biden dumb, people.
Gah... Somebody actually fell for that crap???
ReplyDeleteMy guess is he did something stupid that he knew he shouldn't, got arrested for it, and is now either trying to make a big media spectacle or sluff the blame off on Biden to get out from under the charges. I know folks who don't care for guns who knew Biden was full of BS when he said that....its hard to fathom that someone could actually be dumb enough to believe him. Although...there's enough idiots out there to vote them back into office, so I'm probably just engaging in wishful thinking there.
ReplyDeleteHard to believe that there is actually someone dumber than Obiden, but I think we just found one!
ReplyDeleteWhat a tool
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