“Buy a shotgun -they’re easier to use” advice (bad) to a concerned mother.
“Buy a double-barreled shotgun … just fire 2 blasts into the air … to scare them off” (thus rendering weapon useless and possibly injuring nearby dwellers in higher floors) to readers of Parenting magazine.
A recurring bit of folksy advice.
As for your supreme arbiter “I don’t recall..”, are you suggesting that joe does one of those speed-talk, drug interaction-type “may cause” caveats every time he makes his recommendation?
Well …”I don’t recall”