Posted on 07/18/2013 12:35:45 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Forget Stand Your Ground laws. A man in Washington state is using Vice President Joe Biden as his defense for shooting a gun in the air to scare off what he thought were car thieves.
Jeffery Barton, 52, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to one count of illegal aiming or discharging a firearm, but said he was just doing what Joe Biden told him to do, according to KOIN.
“I did what Joe Biden told me to do,” Barton told reporters outside the courtroom. “I went outside and fired my shotgun in the air.”
To police, Barton reportedly said he had fired the gun while chasing away people who he thought were breaking into his vehicles.
In February, Biden held an online question-and-answer session where he said at the time people don’t need automatic weapons to protect themselves and should “buy a shotgun” instead.
“As I told my wife — we live in an area that’s wooded and somewhat secluded — I said, ‘Jill if there’s ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony here or walk out, put that double barreled shotgun, and fire two blasts outside the house,’” Biden said. “I promise you who’s ever coming in is not going — you don’t need an AR-15, it’s harder to aim, it’s harder to use, and, in fact, you don’t need 30 rounds to protect yourself.”
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“Stand up Chuck!” was truly a classic.
“Stand up Chuck!” was truly a classic.
Perfect! I hope this guy gets plenty of airtime.
George Zimmerman is morally guilty of murder because he ignored 'orders' from a civilian Sanford FL police dispatcher to stay in his vehicle because that suggestion is to be strictly regarded as 'orders from the police'...
... BUT:
A man defends his home property by following the suggestion of the Vice President Of The United States in firing off a couple shotgun blasts from his front porch -- yet every reasonable person in America should ignore such looney advice from THAT nobody.
If I was the judge, I'd dismiss these charges immediately.
How can anyone watch or listen to this brain damaged idiot and still vote for his boss? The only explanation is all the democrat voters are brain damaged, too.
I really want to try that if I ever have a scrape with the law. /s
Wow - we found somebody who actually listened to Clueless Joe.
If I was him or his lawyer I’d be pounding on the theme “this is what the Vice President of the United States told us to do,and I (my client) believed certainly that Mr. Biden’s advice had to be approved by the government.”
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