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Honestly friend i sincerely hope you change your position on using bird shot as a home defense tactic. I could post morbid terrible things of grotesque wounds but bird shot is an undesirable projectile for the job. They create very shallow wound channels that will not stop a determined intruder. Ive seen and have taken part in training direct center body mass wounds that did not and would not stop an enemy. Ive even heard of head shots not putting down enemies. This isnt Taken 3. Human bodies are pretty resilient. And its a terrible time to find that out just before everything goes black from several well placed birdshot shells that you thought would protect you and your family
A couple of you in this thread know what your talking about the rest of you
A good semi automatic rifle with detachable magazines is the preferred weapon for any fight, be it a firefight or home defense. A pistol is a weapon used for concealed carry or your primary has gone down for whatever reason, your primary weapon is a rifle.
Shotguns are for blowing locks and trench clearing. Infirior in every way to a rifle.
Revolvers are a novelty gun at this point, the myth that they are more reliable then a semiautomatic is just that a myth.
Capacity is king
AR-15, if you aren’t confident in building your own(I highly recommend so you can make it to your preference) you can buy one from a dozen different companies. Bravo company makes an excellent one, PSA makes good ones that don’t cost a fortune. You can customize and AR to be any configuration you want.
Remember every bullet that leaves your muzzle is YOUR responsibility. And FMJ rounds fired at 3700 ft / sec can carry thru multiple targets and soft materials. Residential buildings are extremely soft targets. The risks should be obvious here. Your family. Your neighbors. Property. Unless your buying soft tips meant to expand(vast majority are NOT) then your opening yourself up for possible catastrophic collateral damage. Even then your dealing with a projectile traveling at thousands of ft / sec That is why the 12g loaded with buck is preferred in your home.
The shotgun is NOT the preferred home defense weapon. Who is peddling this false information?
Im going to fire like an absolute gun crazed idiot in hoping and praying i strike my sleeping kids and maybe bonus points for killing the families pets. And if all goes right ill kill my neighbors while im at it. Think of it like a 2 fer. 1 bad guy + 1 neighbor= score. Then ill find myself going from home defense to manslaughter in the blink of an eye. And whats best? I will use a weapon that stands the very BEST chance of as much over penetration possible.
I can see where this is going. You should be using the best tool that gives you the best chance at winning, you know because your life and possibly your family’s life. So your so highly trained you don’t know the layout of your home ? Or where your kids rooms are ? 
Wait i didnt finish my story.
You aren’t winning this argument dude, this subject is ALL I know. I spent a lifetime training and fighting with guns.
Your getting charged no matter what, you are going to jail that day no matter what, you will need an attorney no matter what. If your dead because you were frozen and didn’t fight, ran out of ammo because you chose a shotgun or something dumber you won’t need a lawyer. Nobody said going crazy and shooting indiscriminately, shows how immature and lacking in actual experience about this subject. You think you aren’t going to have to use suppressive fire to maybe save your child ? Or are you going to let them die because lawyers or neighbors.
