I would like to know if Joe Biden has really ever pulled the trigger on a shotgun. If he had, he would not have made the stupid comment not Joe!, that they are so much easier to use than rifles.
Fluther tip: shotguns are not exactly the most pleasant weapons to use. Most people won’t handle the recoil, at all, not to mention trying to do any follow up shots. Shotguns have another disadvantage and that is they generally hold small amounts of ammo in their magazine, maybe 7 or 8? Eight shells is a supertanker in the common commercially available models. They can be too long to maneuver in tight quarters like a house. They can be used but it takes lots of training. Ole Joe is perpetuating the famous “cone of death” myth that you don’t need to aim a shotgun, like, it aims itself and ya can’t miss. That has been disproved decades ago why people still believe this in the 21st century is beyond me. It means that Hollywood special effects still are being used as a teaching medium. It can be very easy to miss with a shotgun! In a typical home defense situation a shot- shell pattern will be maybe the size of a baseball 30 feet away, depending on ammunition. It will be devastating if it takes effect whatever it hits.
So….Mr. Biden if you really believe that the shotgun is more effective and believe this wholeheartedly, then you have just given some good advise to the next student killer.