I read the article mostly then skimmed the rest.
Surprised of all the shortcomings of the pump shotgun. It strikes me that they are mostly imaginary.
I do personally prefer the semi auto tho.
I have a remington 500 that jams sometimes. I found out the problem and all it takes to un-jam is drop it on the end of the butt on the ground. But it is a design/manufacturing flaw.
Nothing like the sound of a pump racking a round in it to give one pause...sometimes a shotgun is the right tool for the job and other times it takes a different weapon...weight and other restrictions make us choose what to carry with us...
I might have several pump shotguns. Some might be Model 12 Winchesters that perform flawlessly. One is Winchester 1200 which is a PITA. If you are very careful when loading, you can end up with one hell of a mess. The last one up the magazine doesn’t catch if your not careful and you end up with the action closed with one in the chamber, one under the carrier and one in the magazine. That is a mess and a pain to remedy. Probably needs a good cleaning.