If you have not explored the penetration of a .223, you should. It is an eyeopener. It easily penetrated the flak jackets we wore in RVN, as well as thinner wood beams used in bunkers.
True. But if an intruder breaks into your house and you are forced to shoot him at close range with a shotgun, then you’ve got perp blood & brains all over everything. Mess your house up so bad that you’d have to leave and hire the professional Death Cleaners to come in and scrub the place out. And they ain’t cheap. After all, most people who rely on a shotgun for home defense use heavy-duty buckshot.