Why Use a Shotgun for Home Defense?

hey guys I wanted to make just a quick diversion from our video series about double action semi autos and go back to the topic of defensive shotguns for just a minute specifically I want to address the issue of why or under what circumstances you would want to choose a shotgun for home defense instead of a handgun or a carbine this is something that came up a couple of times in some of the videos and blog articles we've done in our defensive shotgun series but based on some of the questions that you guys have been asking I wanted to make sure we went back and clarified a couple of details I don't think the shotgun is always the best choice for everybody for home defense and I think a lot of people really misunderstand the pros and cons when they're weighing that decision and especially when they're giving advice to other people the primary advantage of using a shotgun for self-defense is that it fires multiple projectiles every time you pull the trigger that's something no other gun can do at least not effectively and the reason that's an advantage is not because the pellets spread out so that you don't have to aim this issue was addressed pretty well by Daryl Bowie in his article on shotgun myths that he wrote for our blog a couple of weeks ago at distances inside a home buckshot is only going to spread a few inches but because that pattern stays tight the cumulative effect that cluster of pellets has on the target is devastating if you take any self-defense training for handguns or carbines almost across the board in every class you will do drills where you practice shooting a target several times in quick succession the reason we train this way is because it's not terribly uncommon for a violent attacker to keep doing whatever he wants to do even after he's been shot so we try to prepare for that worst case scenario and assume that he's gonna take two or three or even six shots before he goes down with a shotgun we can usually achieve the same results with a single shot it's very rare for a violent attacker to continue being violent after being hit in the torso with a load of buckshot at close range so the shotgun gives us the potential to end a fight a lot quicker than if we use a handgun or carbine because the shotgun is so efficient I don't think the low ammo capacity the disadvantage that is often perceived to be the heavy recoil is also exaggerated and I covered how to deal with that in an earlier video the real disadvantage of the shotgun is the size trying to move around inside a house with a long gun in a way that still allows you to quickly engage a threat is not easy you can get an NFA length short barrel and that might help out a little bit but it's still a challenge compared to using a handgun but on the flip side of that if you think there might be an intruder inside your home you really shouldn't be moving around a whole lot to begin with I don't know much about the tactics of clearing a house but I do know that one of the first rules is to never do it by yourself ever unless you absolutely have to and if the guys who kick down doors for a living aren't willing to go into a house alone to hunt bad guys then I know I don't have any business doing it at 2:00 in the morning in my underwear so generally speaking if you have reasonable either somebody in your house it's best to just stay where you are call 9-1-1 and wait and that's when a shotgun is really the ideal firearm to have with you but if the whole bunker defense strategy isn't really an option for you because you've got like kids in another part of your house then you're probably better off using a handgun and as for the carbine that can be used in the same role as the shotgun a lot of people find those a little easier to use and really wicked going circles all day about handgun versus carbine vs shotgun the bottom line is that they've all got advantages and disadvantages and they all require training in order to use competently personally I like having a handgun close by but I also keep a shotgun handy because 90% of the time it works every time you

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Keywords: shotguns, home defense, 12 gauge, personal protection, self defense, tactical shotgun, lucky gunner

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Length: 4min 7sec (247 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 09 2016