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Joe Biden's Advice to Wife on Gun Use Could Land Her in Jail

Felony aggravated menacing, reckless endangerment charges possible for shooting gun into air in Delaware

Reason Staff | 2.21.2013 10:52 AM


Vice President Joe Biden might want to have a talk with his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, before he makes another public statement about guns.

In a Facebook "chat" Tuesday, the vice president said that he had advised his wife, Jill, to fire a shotgun in the air from their Delaware home's porch if she was concerned for her safety.

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