So I am thinking about getting a hand gun

[JoeChalupa]

I hadn't really considered a shotgun before reading this thread but that makes a lot of sense.

The only gun I have is a little .22 handgun that I keep in my desk drawer at my office for shooting at flies and such.

Me too. I figured it'd be harder to handle than a handgun. As much as I've thought about I always decide against it.

[Heath Ledger]

I already posted that a .40 cal would be ideal over a 9mm there einstein. Read the thread. Many people have lived while taking mutliple 9mm gunshot wounds, just ask 50 cent. Where as a 40 cal will typically stop that mofo with one or two shots.

[sabar]

Replace the grip with a grenade launcher



On a serious note, shotguns don't have as much spread as the movies would like you to believe they do. Just get a home alarm and cancel the service and keep all their stickers and "home protected by:" signs on your lawn. Maybe some plastic security cameras.

[leemajors]

Replace the grip with a grenade launcher



On a serious note, shotguns don't have as much spread as the movies would like you to believe they do. Just get a home alarm and cancel the service and keep all their stickers and "home protected by:" signs on your lawn. Maybe some plastic security cameras.

depends on the shotgun and the barrel/choke on it. police barrels spread.

[BRHornet45]

If you are getting something for home self defense, get a shotgun. Lethal at close range, more forgiving accuracy wise in the stress of a break in, and you don't have to worry about killing the next door neighbor after shooting through your wall into their house.

exactly son. go with the shotgun. it is guaranteed to kill someone if they break into your house.

[BigZak]

have any of you even considered actually talking to the intruder...setting him on the right path...

[Sportcamper]

When the police hear a prowler…They call Big Zak….

[RandomGuy]

I'm thinking about getting a hand gun to protect my gas.

You can damn well bet I am going to siphon every last bit of gasoline out of my crappy old truck when I trade it in. That thing will roll into the dealer's lot on fumes and momentum.

F***ing thing broke down on me the other day right after I spent $72 bucks filling the thing up, and I was thinking it might have to be scrapped with a full tank of gas. It seems to be running now, but I went out and bought a siphoning kit, just in case.

[RandomGuy]

a shotgun shoots a bunch of small pellets instead of one heavy bullet...they might go through the wall but wouldn't be carrying lethal kinetic energy at that point...where a bullet can go through several sheet rocked walls if it doesn't hit a wood stud and still kill someone.

The absolute best shotgun for home defense would be a pump shotgun...Every burglar in the world know that *rack*rack* sound as you chamber a s and you don't have to say a word...99% of the time they will just all over themselves and whimper "please don't shoot!"

If they don't you just waste em.

Yuppers. Shotguns for home defense, a nice pistol for traveling.