Joe Biden: “Instead of standing there and teaching a cop, when there’s an unarmed person coming at them with a knife or something, you shoot them in the leg instead of in the heart is a very different thing. There’s a lot of different things that could change.”
I've never had training as a police officer, but I spent 8 years as an Infantry soldier in the US Army. I've also taken several NRA certified courses in home defense, use of force, etc. Not saying I'm an expert, but I've got some knowledge about neutralizing threats with firearms.
Okay, starting with the obvious. "...an unarmed person coming at them with a knife or something..." Well, let's just chalk that up as a typical Biden gaff. I suppose he meant a person not armed with a gun, but as usual his mouth moves a lot faster than his brain.
The real problem is with the whole concept of what Sleepy Joe is advocating, which is not a spur-of-the-moment "gaff" it's a stupid and problematic position on law enforcement tactics. First of all, even highly trained LE personnel are going to be shooting with less accuracy when under pressure and in a life threatening situation than when practicing marksmanship at the range. Aiming at a pair of moving legs vs a center mass torso shot, you're even more likely to miss. In fact, A LOT more likely to miss. And a missed shot endangers innocent bystanders. By "aiming for the legs" you are aiming downward, which means that when you miss, the bullet will most likely ricochet at an unpredictable angle. Cops, just like recreational target shooters and hunters, are trained to "know your target and what's beyond it." A wayward ricochet defeats that whole idea. Furthermore, even if you got lucky and hit him in the leg with one shot, and assuming that one shot was enough to knock him down because he might be on PCP or something where he wouldn't even feel it, the bullet is likely to penetrate the leg and continue on, again, endangering bystanders. A solid torso shot is unlikely to exit the body, especially if using hollow point bullets, and even if it does, its velocity will be greatly reduced.
Let's not forget, Biden is the same fucking idiot who, as Vice President, suggested that if you see potential home invaders on your property, you should take a double barreled shotgun out on your porch and fire a warning shot into the air. Forget about the fact that this is a felony almost EVERYWHERE including TEXAS, but if all you've got is a double barreled shotgun, you just wasted half your ammo!
I don't care whether you're a so-called "gun nut" or you worship at the alter of Mike Bloomberg, you've got to see that this guy is either a total moron, or else he's crazy like a fox and thinks YOU are the moron. How anyone could vote for this jerk-off is beyond me.
Beautifully stated.
Anyone who has witnessed the lack of police presence these past few days in riot torn cities or saw the absolute police brutality suffered by George Floyd who is still ANTI-2A, who the fuck do you think is going to protect you? Your government? They will stand just as soon stand on your throat. Protect yourself and your family. Buy a gun. Take training, learn how to use it.