MAN ARRESTED FOR FIRING WARNING SHOT: ‘I DID WHAT JOE BIDEN TOLD ME TO DO’

MAN ARRESTED FOR FIRING WARNING SHOT: ‘I DID WHAT JOE BIDEN TOLD ME TO DO’

Jeffery Barton, a 52-year-old man from Vancouver, Washington, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to one count of illegal aiming or discharging a firearm. Barton reportedly admitted that he fired his weapon while chasing people away, people he thought were breaking into his vehicles. Barton had a reason for firing the warning shot, “I did what Joe Biden told me to do.”
Vice President Joe Biden, in February 2013, stated that gun owners could fire a warning shot to ward off intruders:
“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.’ … 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. Buy a shotgun! Buy a shotgun!”
 Law enforcement officials stated that it is against the law to fire a weapon without “a self-defense component, along with a life-threatening situation.”