Joe "Hair Plugs" Biden is one of those politicians who never ceases to amaze with the sheer depth of his stupidity. Every time you think he's plumbed the very lowest level of those depths, he says something even dumber, and thereby reaches new lows. Here you have a man with apparently no firearms expertise, or any training in defensive use of a firearm not only presuming to give advice on the subject, and speak as an authority, telling other people (many of who do know better) what they need, but the advice he gives is bad, egregiously bad. It's bad advice tactically on two levels: first emptying your weapon ineffectually, and then confronting your assailants with a now unloaded firearm, and in firing warning shots at all. No training academy, whether law enforcement or civilian, recommends firing warning shots. While you're wasting time with a warning shot, your attacker may be using his time more efficiently to line you up in his sights for a fight-stopping shot. And those bullets go somewhere. You aren't justified in pulling the trigger unless lethal force is called for. And it's bad advice legally. In virtually any urban area, there are laws against discharging firearms in the city limits.
So follow Joe's advice and not only stand before your attacker with an empty gun, but put yourself on the wrong side of the law while you're doing it.
Rudy Giuliani was spot on when he said of Biden “I mean, this guy just isn’t bright. He’s never been bright. He isn’t bright. People think, ‘Well, he just talks a little too much.’ Actually, he’s just not very smart.” Rudy was right. This man was a lawyer, who practiced law, and a senator, responsible for making law, and yet he can't even give the most basic sound legal advice.
