Buy a shotgun

"Buy a shotgun" is a phrase spoken by then Vice-President of the United States Joe Biden during a video question and answer session hosted by Parents Magazine in 2013.

He went on to explain that he owned two shotguns and had advised the Second Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, to use one of them to "fire two blasts" should she feel threatened by someone or something.

In January 2013, during an interactive chat session on the social networking site Google+, then vice-president of the United States Joe Biden responded to a question about personal protection in the wake of a natural disaster by explaining the prudence in buying "some shotgun shells" to repel looters.

[8] The Wilmington, Delaware police department – in whose jurisdiction it is believed Biden's shotguns were stored[a] – advised that it was illegal for residents to discharge firearms on their property unless "you really feel that your life is being threatened".

[12] A Washington state man was put on trial in November 2013 for illegal discharge of a firearm after he fired a shotgun blast to deter car thieves on his property the previous summer.