“Staring into 2 12gauge barrels would send any criminal heading for the hills, But the sound of a pump shotgun’ being racked has an even better effect.”
As an old and wise cop once told me. “Sounds like the gates of Hell slamming shut.”
Wonder if he was the one I watched in 1971 in north Chicago just ouside the Navy Base. This friend and I decided to go out on the strip to this tavern. We were waiting at the intersection light, when several guys came boiling out of the bar hollering crap at each other. Back then it was always some kind of racial thing. We stood across the street watching then a North Chicago police cruiser pulled up. The officer (a really big guy) climbed out and with the radio mic on PA told the guys to clear the street and go back inside. Someone threw a beer glass or bottle toward him. He then pulled the pump shotgun out of the rack and jacked in a round with the mic keyed. Then said. I told you to get off the effing off of the street. Those guys went back in the bar together like they were brothers. My friend and I went back thru the gate to the enlistedmens club. The sound is impressive especially on a PA speaker.