GOP senator: 'Please don't take self defense advice' from Biden

Don't take advice on self defense from Vice President Biden, Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) tweeted Thursday.

Burr's tweet is in response to comments Biden made in an interview in Field & Stream magazine. In that interview Biden recounted how he told someone that a shotgun is better for protection than an automatic weapon.

"I did one of these town-hall meetings on the Internet and one guy said, "Well, what happens when the end days come? What happens when there’s the earthquake? I live in California, and I have to protect myself," Biden said in the interview. "I said, 'Well, you know, my shotgun will do better for you than your AR-15, because you want to keep someone away from your house, just fire the shotgun through the door.' "

Burr disagreed.

Please don’t take self defense advice from @joebiden. Firing a gun thru a door is irresponsible, dangerous, & illegal bit.ly/13owoQ4

— Richard Burr (@SenatorBurr) February 28, 2013

Biden's interview with Field & Stream focused on gun safety and possible new gun control laws.

The Obama administration and a number of legislators have called for federal action on gun violence in response to a shooting massacre in December at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that resulted in 27 dead. President Obama has called for a reinstitution of the federal assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.

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