Seriously, though, if you don't have one already, buy a shotgun. And an AR-15. But do buy a shotgun.
Shotguns are useful. They excel in the vast majority of home defense situations due to their lack of penetrative power (unless you go slug, in which case penetrative capacity is somewhat of a concern). When loaded with buckshot, a shotgun becomes the "point and shoot" weapon. You don't need to be able to precisely aim, or really even aim at all, to hit an intruder. As long as the barrel is pointed in the target's general direction one or multiple pellets will hit. And that's usually enough to end a threat.
Besides the above, and on a more lighthearted note, shotguns are just fun to shoot. They're far more visceral than most other guns. AR-15s don't have any noteworthy recoil, and handguns are a quick snap. Shotguns have an actual kick to them. You don't feel it in your wrist, like with handguns, or your shoulder, as you do with an AR, you feel it in a significant portion of your body. Of all the sorts of guns, a shotgun is the one that, to me, feels most like what we consider a weapon.
Also, shotguns are cheap. A good one costs fewer hundreds of dollars than you have fingers on one hand. You can dump the extra money you thought you were going to spend (because I thought shotguns were expensive when I bought mine) on accessories. Magazine extensions, pistol grips, side-saddles. All that stuff.
But buy a shotgun. They're a lot of fun, and a good thing to have around in general.
You don't need to be able to precisely aim, or really even aim at all, to hit an intruder.
At distances you'd face in a normal-sized home, this is not really true. The grouping at about 10 yards or less is relatively small. Perhaps not quite as precise as an AR15 or handgun, slowing them down a little for a followup shot, but aim is important.
Agree with pretty much everything else.
Other advantages of shotguns include:
versus a handgun, is you can easily add a red-dot sight and flashlight to most. You may have get an aftermarket picatinny rail, but they're available for most shotguns.
Ammo is slightly easier to get right now for shotguns, than most other calibers (for me anyway)
It's much easier to control and aim than a handgun. You DEFINITELY want training with a handgun, but should be able to reliably hit a target a relatively close range with a shotgun no problem with no training (especially with a red-dot). Although training is always a good thing.
5.56 over penetrates urban walls less than 12ga buckshot, because the round tumbles and sheds velocity as soon as it hits anything. That's why most cops are moving from shotguns to ARs in their squad cars. ARs are also lighter weight, more adjustable to body type, higher capacity, and greater range in case the fight moves outside.
But it's always good to have a shotgun around, as well as a .22lr rifle and 9mm pistol.
He also told us to get a shotgun, and discharge it, in the air, at a threat.
Then again, he also told us to shoot threats in the leg. It appears that he either wants us to shoot with malicious negligence, or torture people to death.
Biden called it an AR-14.
When the Office of the President Elect calls it an AR-14, you damn well better truanationaldepressure!
Seriously, though, if you don't have one already, buy a shotgun. And an AR-15. But do buy a shotgun.
Shotguns are useful. They excel in the vast majority of home defense situations due to their lack of penetrative power (unless you go slug, in which case penetrative capacity is somewhat of a concern). When loaded with buckshot, a shotgun becomes the "point and shoot" weapon. You don't need to be able to precisely aim, or really even aim at all, to hit an intruder. As long as the barrel is pointed in the target's general direction one or multiple pellets will hit. And that's usually enough to end a threat.
Besides the above, and on a more lighthearted note, shotguns are just fun to shoot. They're far more visceral than most other guns. AR-15s don't have any noteworthy recoil, and handguns are a quick snap. Shotguns have an actual kick to them. You don't feel it in your wrist, like with handguns, or your shoulder, as you do with an AR, you feel it in a significant portion of your body. Of all the sorts of guns, a shotgun is the one that, to me, feels most like what we consider a weapon.
Also, shotguns are cheap. A good one costs fewer hundreds of dollars than you have fingers on one hand. You can dump the extra money you thought you were going to spend (because I thought shotguns were expensive when I bought mine) on accessories. Magazine extensions, pistol grips, side-saddles. All that stuff.
But buy a shotgun. They're a lot of fun, and a good thing to have around in general.
At distances you'd face in a normal-sized home, this is not really true. The grouping at about 10 yards or less is relatively small. Perhaps not quite as precise as an AR15 or handgun, slowing them down a little for a followup shot, but aim is important.
Agree with pretty much everything else.
Other advantages of shotguns include:
5.56 over penetrates urban walls less than 12ga buckshot, because the round tumbles and sheds velocity as soon as it hits anything. That's why most cops are moving from shotguns to ARs in their squad cars. ARs are also lighter weight, more adjustable to body type, higher capacity, and greater range in case the fight moves outside.
But it's always good to have a shotgun around, as well as a .22lr rifle and 9mm pistol.
He's right. Nobody needs an AR15. They need a collection of M4s.
Drop-In Sears have entered the chat.
No one needs to tell me how many or what kind of guns to have.
Nothing wrong with being a polygamist gun owner.
He also told us to get a shotgun, and discharge it, in the air, at a threat.
Then again, he also told us to shoot threats in the leg. It appears that he either wants us to shoot with malicious negligence, or torture people to death.
Lol wow
I prefer to have me and my wife and 2 sons, with dirt bikes, crossbows, flame throwers, and AR's.