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What firearm(s) would you recommend for home protection?
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Posted on 01/06/2013 9:42:01 PM PST by ru4liberty

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1 posted on 01/06/2013 9:42:11 PM PST by ru4liberty
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12 ga shot gun.


2 posted on 01/06/2013 9:43:43 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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diminutive woman in her mid-60s

20 ga shot gun

3 posted on 01/06/2013 9:45:01 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Remington 20 gauge pump shotgun should work.

Any pawn shop should have one.

Cheap like 100 to 200 bucks.


5 posted on 01/06/2013 9:45:52 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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Amen.


6 posted on 01/06/2013 9:46:37 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Shotgun. No need for accuracy, just point and spray.


7 posted on 01/06/2013 9:47:45 PM PST by HerrBlucher (Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King of Creation)
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If she is good with the 38, get another. More likely to have the smaller gun close by than the shotty.


8 posted on 01/06/2013 9:47:50 PM PST by wrench
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Winchester 370. Cheap and use it once the target appears. A shot from 6ft even close will stop the intruder.


9 posted on 01/06/2013 9:48:30 PM PST by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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I have a snubby airwieght .38
Stings like hell and I cant hit **** with it.

Get a shotgun for the house.
Its 3 AM and trouble is happening, who has time to aim?


10 posted on 01/06/2013 9:48:57 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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What Mylife said. Point in the general direction. Precision aiming not required. Ocassional range time for familiarity, proper control and confidence.


11 posted on 01/06/2013 9:49:16 PM PST by TADSLOS (I took extra credit at the School of Hard Knocks)
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This may sound odd, but I’m a big proponent of a .223 rifle. Easy to shoot, accurate and the rounds tend to break up when the hit something, so they aren’t a big problem with over-penetration.


12 posted on 01/06/2013 9:49:52 PM PST by MediaMole
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If she has a .38 she’s all set. Shotguns are heavy and unwieldy for an older woman.. She can easily carry the .38 and she can’t keep a shotgun under her pillow either!


13 posted on 01/06/2013 9:51:17 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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If you can handle it a 12 gage shotgun with 00 buckshot.


14 posted on 01/06/2013 9:51:44 PM PST by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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>> She has a .38 handgun but has been told by a few people (shooting range owner...

I may be reading too much into this... but if she has a .38, and she’s comfortable and proficient with it (as in she goes to the range regularly?) maybe she doesn’t really need ANYTHING else, besides someone to dispel the FUD she’s become afflicted with.

Although a good and HANDY shotgun is never a bad idea, either, IMHO.


15 posted on 01/06/2013 9:51:51 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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Just don’t shoot the grandson or something like that


16 posted on 01/06/2013 9:51:51 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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A shot gun might have too much kick for a woman of your age.


17 posted on 01/06/2013 9:52:19 PM PST by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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Yes


18 posted on 01/06/2013 9:52:19 PM PST by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
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Shotgun. Period.
Preferrably a double barrel or a pump.


19 posted on 01/06/2013 9:53:07 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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No need for buck shot IN the house.


20 posted on 01/06/2013 9:53:31 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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