Joe Biden's Shotgun Advice Could Land Jill Biden in Jail

[Wehrwolfen]

Joe Biden's Shotgun Advice Could Land Jill Biden in Jail​

Felony aggravated menacing, reckless endangering charges could result from shooting gun in air ​

By Steven Nelson
February 20, 2013

Vice President Joe Biden speaks following a roundtable discussion with law enforcement officials to discuss gun safety, Feb. 11, 2013.

Vice President Joe Biden might want to have a talk with his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, before he makes another public statement about guns.

In a Facebook "chat" Tuesday, the vice president said that he had advised his wife, Jill, to fire a shotgun in the air from their Delaware home's porch if she was concerned for her safety.

"I said, 'Jill, if there's 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,'" Biden said.

"You don't need an AR-15—it's harder to aim," he added, "it's harder to use, and in fact you don't need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Buy a shotgun! Buy a shotgun!"

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However, Delaware law would likely make his suggestion illegal—unless the shots were fired in self-defense in a truly life-threatening situation.

A sergeant with the Wilmington, Del., police department explained to U.S. News that city residents are not allowed to fire guns on their property.

The sergeant, who preferred not to be identified, said that Wilmington residents are also not allowed to shoot trespassers. "On your property you can't just shoot someone," he said. "You have to really feel that your life is being threatened."

Defense attorney John Garey—a former Delaware deputy attorney general—agreed, and added that several criminal charges might result if Jill Biden took her husband's advice.

"In Delaware you have to be in fear of your life to use deadly force," Garey said. "There's nothing based on his scenario alone" indicating a reason to fear imminent death, he noted.

Garey said that under Biden's scenario, Jill Biden could be charged with aggravated menacing, a felony, and reckless endangering in the first degree.

"You cannot use deadly force to protect property" in Delaware, added Garey.



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[asaratis]

I don't recall him saying to fire into the air.

He is still stupid though. There are many municipalities where it is illegal to discharge a firearm...even into the ground

(I do that occasionally for July 4 and New Years. Just pop a few rounds into the turf below the back deck....wakes up the entire neighborhood.)

 

[Wehrwolfen]

I don't recall him saying to fire into the air.

He is still stupid though. There are many municipalities where it is illegal to discharge a firearm...even into the ground

(I do that occasionally for July 4 and New Years. Just pop a few rounds into the turf below the back deck....wakes up the entire neighborhood.)

Does it make a difference whether the shot is in the air or in the ground when both are illegal to do?
Biden is stupid, on that we both agree. Why don't you use salutes rather than a firearms? It would be safer and would not require cleaning the weapon. I personally use quarter sticks for the occassions you mention. I get them in Pennsylvania.

 

[RosieS]

Looks like their property faces the water. If she fires into the ocean that is not the same thing.

Jill Biden is so tiny that any man breaking in is putting her in deadly danger.

I was told by the Concealed Carry instructor that if I shot an intruder outside my home to drag the corpse over to my window and drape it over the sill. Then call the police, telling them that I shot him in order to stop him from raping and killing me

No need to, yet.

Regards from Rosie

 

[TheSeventhTiger]

Can anyone look up Bidens family tree and see if one his great-grandfathers were named "Elmer Fudd". or maybe Smith or Wesson?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Joe Biden's Shotgun Advice Could Land Jill Biden in Jail​

Felony aggravated menacing, reckless endangering charges could result from shooting gun in air ​

By Steven Nelson
February 20, 2013

Vice President Joe Biden speaks following a roundtable discussion with law enforcement officials to discuss gun safety, Feb. 11, 2013.

Vice President Joe Biden might want to have a talk with his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, before he makes another public statement about guns.

In a Facebook "chat" Tuesday, the vice president said that he had advised his wife, Jill, to fire a shotgun in the air from their Delaware home's porch if she was concerned for her safety.

"I said, 'Jill, if there's 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,'" Biden said.

"You don't need an AR-15—it's harder to aim," he added, "it's harder to use, and in fact you don't need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Buy a shotgun! Buy a shotgun!"

[DEBATE: Did Obama's SOTU Rhetoric Sell Gun Control?]

However, Delaware law would likely make his suggestion illegal—unless the shots were fired in self-defense in a truly life-threatening situation.

A sergeant with the Wilmington, Del., police department explained to U.S. News that city residents are not allowed to fire guns on their property.

The sergeant, who preferred not to be identified, said that Wilmington residents are also not allowed to shoot trespassers. "On your property you can't just shoot someone," he said. "You have to really feel that your life is being threatened."

Defense attorney John Garey—a former Delaware deputy attorney general—agreed, and added that several criminal charges might result if Jill Biden took her husband's advice.

"In Delaware you have to be in fear of your life to use deadly force," Garey said. "There's nothing based on his scenario alone" indicating a reason to fear imminent death, he noted.

Garey said that under Biden's scenario, Jill Biden could be charged with aggravated menacing, a felony, and reckless endangering in the first degree.

"You cannot use deadly force to protect property" in Delaware, added Garey.



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Joe Biden's Shotgun Advice Could Land Jill Biden in Jail - US News and World Report

I guess he would rather have her in jail than dead, even if he is a lousy lawyer.