Hey, thanks for the good advice everyone!
Yeah, about the judge, good for snakes is what a friend who owns one says. For actual .45’s it’s not very accurate.
Hate to disagree with your friend, maybe he isn’t a very good shot. Go rent one and try it out. You can get The Judge with different barrel lengths, the longer the barrel the more accurate, but harder to conceal.
The shotgun is a great defensive weapon that will give you a much better change of debilitating your adversary in a intense situation, especially if one or both of you are moving.
Some, alternate the five rounds between the .45 and the .410.
In any event, before you actually go out and purchase a gun of any type that you intend on using for defense...contemplate very carefully if you would actually use it on a person and if you think you will, will you be able to make your decision quickly? Otherwise, you will probably just get killed with it.