[wtc911]

Shotgun? No LEO types (including yrs trly) I know rely on shotguns. The last thing I want to do is find myself wrestling with a guy twenty years younger and thirty pounds heavier at three a.m. in my darkened living room over a long gun. I used to run workshops in home defense. Every time someone offered that sliding rack on a shotgun bit I'd hand him a broomstick, turn off the lights and tell him to come down the stairs or around the corner holding the stick like a weapon. Got it away from them every time. You don't have to lead with a handgun.

If you want to stand on the porch and scare folks the shotgun will do it but inside the house...not for me.

[Eaker]

Bingo!

My main home defense weapon is a semiauto handgun for that reason.

My shotgun is duel piston grips and is as short as the law allows, but I agree with you.

Thanks!

[VeniVidiVici]

Every time someone offered that sliding rack on a shotgun bit I'd hand him a broomstick, turn off the lights and tell him to come down the stairs or around the corner holding the stick like a weapon.

So then you're saying it's best to go after the intruder? I would think it would be best to let the intruder come to me. At least given my small house I would certainly have the advantage!