I hope you guys can come up with some links! (I KNOW you can.)
You know - it’s pretty scary for us ol-timers who live alone in a secluded area.
Monday, I will be going to Flagstaff and buying two shotguns and some major ammo.
Shotguns are good, and the only thing to have if you are only going to have one self defense weapon.
But, especially if you are out in the boonies, something with more reach would also be a Good Thing. I might suggest a surplus Moson-Nagant or a Yugo built Mauser, or a Spanish Mauser in 7.62Nato They are still fairly cheap, and with practice (and maybe 'scope), will reach out and remove the bad guys before they get close enough to bother you much. (Some say they kick like a mule, but the two I shot weren't that bad. Both were the full length rifle, not the carbine version) Or maybe a Swiss K-31, the rifle the Swiss soldier carried when their Comanding General was asked by a German General what they would they would do if the Germans invaded with twice as many soldiers as the Swiss could muster. His answer
"We'll all shoot twice and go home."
The Swiss are well known for their marksmanship and won't have a rifle that is not accurate.
Oh my, yorkie! I didn’t know you lived in this unsettled frontier. You be so careful and yes, get guns ASAP. And lots of them.