Assault rifles offer a bit too much for home defense

Indy Star ^

[Mulder]

bang

[Mulder]

They're fun, but they may not be real practical.

LOL! I can't think of anything more practical in a SHTF situation than a semi-auto rifle.

[Mike Darancette]

Nothin' says "I Love You" more than your mate hearing you jack a 12Ga Magnum 00 buckshot round into your sawed off Mossburg and head off down the stairs after that suspicious noise.

[xrp]

Assault rifles protect us not from those who wish to kill us, but from those who may wish to curtail our freedoms.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Truthfully, for home defense, a 12 ga pump filled with most anything can't be beat. Even #7 1/2 bird shot at 20 feet will inflict a wicked wound that will take the fight right out of an intruder.

[Bogey78O]

I have me one of them assault 22's with a 30 round clip. I dare them terrorist to come around here with their attack squirrels.

[Orangedog]

I think the universal sound that makes any burgler fill his pants is the sound of a 12 gauge being racked. He knows that any white wall in that house could quickly become an Impressionist painting with the squeeze of the trigger.

[umgud]

Magnum Research offers a 5 shot revolver that will chamber .45 Colts or .410 shotgun shells. These are full sized shotgun shells, not snakeshot typical handgun loads. They aren't legal in CA, but I'd really like to try one to see pattern and damage potential. Might make a good hallway cleaner.

[Long Cut]

"The AK-47 will give you a jolt, but with that kick you get a larger round capable, they say, of going through a car's engine block"

Did this imbecile say "ENGINE BLOCK"?!?!?

For the less-well informed in these matters, the AK's 7.62mm round approximates that oh-so-POWERFUL round, the .38 SPECIAL, in ballistic potential. It just does it at a longer range.

And once again, a reporter totally destroys his own credibility on a given topic, by being dumber than a bag of scared hammers.

[cinFLA]

"A 12-gauge is a nice gun to have in the house. You don't have to aim the gun. You just point it in the general vicinity, and you're actually going to hit what you're pointing toward, because (the shot) scatters."

Only very slightly at indoor distances.

[PUGACHEV]

I'm curious why people always tout pump shotguns. I have a Remmington semi-auto 12 ga. which works just fine. I'll admit that the sound of a shell being racked into the chamber is pretty intimidating, but there must be more to it than that.

[Long Cut]

Oh, yeah...the photo above is of an AIR-SOFT pellet gun...a FAKE, TOY rifle.

Let the disinformation continue!!!!

[way-right-of-center]

IMO, #6 or 71/2 Heavy Game load is the ideal home defense load. It will almost certianly stop anyone in your home, and wont penetrate the walls to the extent buckshot will, lessening the risk of hitting innocents. My home defense weapon is a Ithaca model 37. First round in the Magazine- #6 Turkey load. Followed by #1 buck. I keep it secured of course, and with an empty chamber in case you were worried.

[Orangedog]

I dare them terrorist to come around here with their attack squirrels.

Know your enemy...then blast 'em!

[cinFLA]

For the less-well informed in these matters, the AK's 7.62mm round approximates that oh-so-POWERFUL round, the .38 SPECIAL, in ballistic potential. It just does it at a longer range.

For the less-well informed, you post is entirely misleading. I could make the same statement about the 50 caliber sniper rifle and the 38.

[Pat Bateman]

Okay, what about HomeLAND Defence???

[Jael]

Big gun bump.