WASHINGTON – While participating in an online forum on Facebook this week, Vice President Biden was asked whether law-abiding citizens would be left defenseless by federal bans on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. Mr. Biden looked into the camera and told the questioner that if she wanted to protect herself she should get a double-barrel Shotgun and some shotgun shells. Later that afternoon, during his talk on home safety at the End of the Line Nursing Home in Bethesda, an elderly woman asked the vice president to explain why he felt she should replace her automatic weapons with a Double Barrel Shotgun. “You just don’t need an automatic weapon, my dear,” Biden answered. “Take my word for it, you don’t need an AR-15, a Safir T-17 or a Russian AK 101. They’re harder to aim, harder to use, and in fact you don’t need 30-round magazines to protect yourself, sweetheart. With a double barrel shotgun you just aim, pull the trigger and your intruder’s brains explode out the back of his head so violently it leaves a gaping hole the size of a garage. An automatic weapon just won’t give you that kind of result. So listen to me, buy […]