RE: USA and Gun control
July 12, 2015 at 9:43 pm
(This post was last modified: July 12, 2015 at 9:55 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(July 12, 2015 at 4:18 am)Salacious B. Crumb Wrote: I'd be afraid of shooting a shotgun in a neighborhood where the buckshot would go through the house, into the next house without much of a problem, same goes for handguns. Even with hollow points, or other home defense ammo, the penetration is still quite..well too much penetration.
Shotgun penetration is much less than handgun penetration. And aside from being much less likely to penetrate walls, a shotgun has a couple of added advantages: 1) working the action on a pump-action shotgun would likely make the gun's firing less likely; and 2) it can also be used as a club to effect.
If you're worried about penetration in a cheap urban apartment building, get beanbag rounds instead.
The only handgun I'd consider for home defense would be a .45 1911-type, because it will stop anything on the first hit no matter what. But even then, I'd prefer a shotgun.
