{"id":4968,"date":"2016-06-09T17:44:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T21:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/?p=4968"},"modified":"2016-11-10T21:28:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T02:28:41","slug":"why-shotgun-home-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/why-shotgun-home-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Use a Shotgun for Home Defense?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/category\/defensive-shotguns\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4969 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shotgun-banner-18.jpg\" alt=\"shotgun-banner-18\" width=\"750\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shotgun-banner-18.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shotgun-banner-18-600x99.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/shotgun-banner-18-350x58.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>Throughout our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/category\/defensive-shotguns\/\" target=\"_blank\">defensive shotgun series<\/a>, we&#8217;ve covered a number\u00a0of topics related to how to get the most out of the shotgun in the context of personal protection through careful gear selection, using proper techniques, and intentional practice. But a question remains that we haven&#8217;t really\u00a0addressed directly: why use a shotgun for home defense to begin with? Handguns and carbines are both more popular at the range these days, and many shooters see no real need to consider a shotgun as a defensive tool. There&#8217;s certainly nothing wrong with using a pistol or your favorite black rifle for home defense, but there&#8217;s still one thing the shotgun does better than anything else&#8230;<\/p> <h2><strong>Why Use a Shotgun for Home Defense?<\/strong><\/h2> <p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/USs4AfyI9wM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/> Full transcript below:<\/p> <hr \/> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey guys, I wanted to make a quick diversion from our video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/category\/double-action-pistols\/\" target=\"_blank\">series about double action semi-autos<\/a> and go back to the topic of defensive shotguns for just a minute.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specifically, I want to address the issue of\u00a0why or under what circumstances you would want to choose\u00a0a 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&#8217;ve done\u00a0in our defense 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.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t 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\u2019re weighing that decision and especially when they&#8217;re \u00a0 giving advice to other people.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The primary advantage of using a shotgun for self-defense\u00a0is that it fires multiple projectiles every time you pull the trigger. That&#8217;s something no other gun can do &#8211; at least not effectively. The reason that&#8217;s\u00a0an advantage is not because the pellets spread out so that\u00a0you don\u2019t have to aim.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This issue was addressed pretty well by Darryl Bolke in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/dispelling-myths-12ga-shotgun\/\" target=\"_blank\">article on shotgun myths<\/a> 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.<\/span><\/p><p><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason we train this way is because it\u2019s not terribly uncommon for a violent attacker to keep doing whatever he wants to do even after he\u2019s been shot. So we try to prepare for that worst case scenario and assume that he&#8217;s\u00a0going to take two or three or even six shots before he goes down.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a shotgun, we can usually achieve the same\u00a0results with a single shot. It\u2019s 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\u00a0than if we use a handgun or a carbine.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because the shotgun is so efficient, I don\u2019t think low the ammo capacity is the disadvantage it\u2019s often perceived to be. The heavy recoil is also exaggerated and I covered how to deal with that in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/taming-12-gauge-shotgun-recoil-management\/\" target=\"_blank\">earlier video<\/a>. The real disadvantage of the shotgun is the size.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trying to move around inside a house with a long gun in a way that still allows you to still 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\u2019s still a challenge compared to using a handgun.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But on the flip side of that, if you think there might be an intruder inside your home, you really shouldn\u2019t be moving around a whole lot to begin with.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I don\u2019t 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, <strong>ever<\/strong>, unless you absolutely have to. And if the guys who kick down doors for a living aren\u2019t willing to go into a house alone and hunt bad guys, then I know I don\u2019t have any business doing it at 2 in the morning in my underwear.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, generally speaking, if you have reason to believe there\u2019s somebody in your house, it\u2019s best to just stay where you are, call 911, and wait. And that\u2019s when the shotgun is really the ideal firearm to have with you.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if the whole \u201cbunker defense\u201d strategy isn\u2019t really an option for you, because you&#8217;ve got, like, kids in another part of the house, then you\u2019re probably better off using\u00a0a handgun.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as for the carbine, that can be used in the same\u00a0role as the shotgun &#8212; a lot of people find those to be a little easier to use. And really, we could go around in circles all day about handgun versus carbine versus shotgun. The bottom line is that they&#8217;ve all got\u00a0advantages and disadvantages and they all require training in order to use competently. 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