[MonroeDNA]

"I have a different question...my brother lives not far from where that family was murdered New Years Day in Richmond ,Va. and for the first time in his life is now considering purchasing home protection. What should he get that's relatively safe,efficient asnd cost effective?"

Get a Mossberg pistol grip shotgun in .410 gage. Load it with #4 buck. Very light weight, with .44 magnum power. No kick. The #4 buck is like hitting someone with 10 rounds of .22's at the same time.

[VRing]

"Load it with #4 buck. Very light weight, with .44 magnum power."

Well, my calculator tells me a 240gr .44 makes about 1045ft/lbs of energy. A 3 inch .410 holding 12 #4s at 1100fps makes 650 ft/lbs total. More like 38 Special power.