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Coronach · June 18, 2000, 10:11 PM

here's another point that has been made before...

the more add-ons you toss on the gun, the **less** likely you are to survive an armed encounter...legally, that is.

Sure, you dusted him off, dead as Julius Caesar...but the grand jury is gonna have a field day with all the military/assault/mean thingies that are on your gun. Why give them ammo?

Sure, you have to balance the need to survive the actual encounter with the need to keep the idiots in the jury box from sending you away....the trick is to not do anything that isn't tactically imperative. And when you're talking shotguns, few add-ons are tactically imperative. I'll defer to wiser heads than my own for the details, but beyond a weapon-mounted light and MAYBE a mag extension (or other way to carry more ammo), everything else is superfluous.

Save your money. Buy a stock gun and a bunch of ammo. Shoot stuff. Repeat as needed.

Mike

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June 18, 2000, 10:11 PM	#4
Coronach Senior Member Join Date: March 25, 1999 Posts: 3,147	here's another point that has been made before... the more add-ons you toss on the gun, the less likely you are to survive an armed encounter...legally, that is. Sure, you dusted him off, dead as Julius Caesar...but the grand jury is gonna have a field day with all the military/assault/mean thingies that are on your gun. Why give them ammo? Sure, you have to balance the need to survive the actual encounter with the need to keep the idiots in the jury box from sending you away....the trick is to not do anything that isn't tactically imperative. And when you're talking shotguns, few add-ons are tactically imperative. I'll defer to wiser heads than my own for the details, but beyond a weapon-mounted light and MAYBE a mag extension (or other way to carry more ammo), everything else is superfluous. Save your money. Buy a stock gun and a bunch of ammo. Shoot stuff. Repeat as needed. Mike ------------------ "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein [This message has been edited by Coronach (edited June 18, 2000).]