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silvrjeepr · June 3, 2013, 11:26 AM

Deranged, yes. Stupid, Definitely. You'd be very shocked at how quickly a motivated individual can cover a 5 yard distance though. Add some sleep around the eyes and low lighting, and it's entirely possible to graze a ducking and dodging fast moving target.

I'll concede that in some cases, a full length shot gun would get the job done though. I was originally thinking more worst case scenario. I've seen a ton of statistics that put a bad guy already attacking or on the way to attack by the time the good guy is alerted. In that case you're looking at a very close quarters fight. A full length shotty is completely useless in that scenario.

June 3, 2013, 11:26 AM	#16
silvrjeepr Senior Member Join Date: January 6, 2009 Posts: 213	Long barrel home defense Deranged, yes. Stupid, Definitely. You'd be very shocked at how quickly a motivated individual can cover a 5 yard distance though. Add some sleep around the eyes and low lighting, and it's entirely possible to graze a ducking and dodging fast moving target. I'll concede that in some cases, a full length shot gun would get the job done though. I was originally thinking more worst case scenario. I've seen a ton of statistics that put a bad guy already attacking or on the way to attack by the time the good guy is alerted. In that case you're looking at a very close quarters fight. A full length shotty is completely useless in that scenario.