I have no neighbors closer than 1 mile away, and I do not intend to ever discharge a 12 gauge slug in my household. I don't like the idea of a 500+ grain projectile crashing through every wall of my house with spouse and child possibly in its path. I have 3 1 1/8 oz. #8 trap loads in my 4 shot mag on my 870, with 3 00 9 pellet and 3 slugs on the side saddle. I can easily select the appropriate ammo as the situation dictates. One must also consider the legalities and moralities of "self-defense" when the assailant is nearly half a football field away from your home. Unless they are hosing your home with a machine gun, flame thrower, grenade launcher, etc., I think you might be on legally if not ethically shaky ground. Your justification for lethal force diminishes with every yard your target is away from your house.
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