One friend of mine says "the guys shooting you can use it to pinpoint
you", but that assumes you are in a "gunfight". I suspect if I carried a
weapon and pulled it, whatever happened would be over quite quickly.
That being said. There is also the intimidation factor...
The rack of a shotgun is probably the most recognizable sound out there
as far as deterrent is concerned .. If a bad guy, or a good guy for that
matter hears that sound he knows he has met resistance, and possibly
someone has just gotten the jump, and it's time to get the hell out of
there if you can or lay down and hope the guy doesn't hit the bang
switch (from a previous post. Similarly, if that guy sees a red dot
on his shirt, or even the trace of the laser after the first volley,
unless he is also familiar with laser clad guns, I assume it would have
a similar intimation effect... It only takes a second of distraction or
second guessing to get the jump on "the bad guy", so I might want that
laser anyway....
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I agree the sound of racking a shotgun is probably a strong sound
deterrent.
Don't agree about the laser spot for reasons I've already stated plus
the fact that an intruder probably won't notice the spot on his chest
or head at first, even if you had the time to find the button or switch
and turn it on.
I think a lot of this "what if" talk is bogus anyway. If you woke up
at 2 am with the sound of someone breaking into your house, or
approaching you in your room, there isn't going to be a whole hell of a
lot of time to think about what to do to "scare" the intruder away.
That's why my home defense firearm of choice is the little 38 Special.
It's a simple revolver, ready to fire either in double or single action
mode. No racking of slides, no safeties, no laser. Just pull the
trigger and "bang".
Well, have a couple other ideas provided by a fiend but they are all
"what if's"... soooooo... I will say, one of them involves yelling down
the stairs (custom designed for my home at the time) " We are armed, the
police are on the way, if you come up the stairs we will shoot you!"
Our insurance agent taught a course in "use of deadly force for
homeowners", and we were considering firearms at the time...
Do I need this?
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