thunder wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:36:42 -0400, gfretwell wrote:


The only problem with the 12ga is the federal law mandates that it is
26" long and that might make it unwieldy inside a home.

No doubt the 12ga has the stopping power at close range, and the fear
factor to any perpetrator, but at the close ranges inside a house, you
have to be quite accurate with your aim. There will be little or no
spread. I suspect, the shotgun's reputation as the "ultimate" home
protection weapon is a canard.


Uh...you don't have to be *as* "accurate" inside the house with a
shotgun as you do with a pistol. At inside the house distances of 5' to
10', for example, the shotgun is going to provide more ventilation to
the target than a 9 mm.




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On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:00:47 -0400, H the K wrote:


Uh...you don't have to be *as* "accurate" inside the house with a
shotgun as you do with a pistol. At inside the house distances of 5' to
10', for example, the shotgun is going to provide more ventilation to
the target than a 9 mm.

What's a typical shotgun's spread at 10'? An inch, maybe. Get out to
30-40', yes, you can spray and pray, but at close range, even with a riot
gun, you had better be accurate. I'm not denying the shotgun's stopping
power at close range, but quickly aiming and firing a shotgun in the
confines of a, say, bedroom, isn't as easy as most people think.

thunder wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:00:47 -0400, H the K wrote:


Uh...you don't have to be *as* "accurate" inside the house with a
shotgun as you do with a pistol. At inside the house distances of 5' to
10', for example, the shotgun is going to provide more ventilation to
the target than a 9 mm.

What's a typical shotgun's spread at 10'? An inch, maybe. Get out to
30-40', yes, you can spray and pray, but at close range, even with a riot
gun, you had better be accurate. I'm not denying the shotgun's stopping
power at close range, but quickly aiming and firing a shotgun in the
confines of a, say, bedroom, isn't as easy as most people think.


We might want to ask Dick Cheney. *He's* the expert on those sorts of
shots.

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A wise Latina makes better decisions than a dumb elephant.

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thunder wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:00:47 -0400, H the K wrote:


Uh...you don't have to be *as* "accurate" inside the house with a
shotgun as you do with a pistol. At inside the house distances of 5' to
10', for example, the shotgun is going to provide more ventilation to
the target than a 9 mm.

What's a typical shotgun's spread at 10'? An inch, maybe. Get out to
30-40', yes, you can spray and pray, but at close range, even with a riot
gun, you had better be accurate. I'm not denying the shotgun's stopping
power at close range, but quickly aiming and firing a shotgun in the
confines of a, say, bedroom, isn't as easy as most people think.


We might want to ask Dick Cheney. *He's* the expert on those sorts of
shots.

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Wonder if he'll hire himself out as home security, now that he's unemployed?