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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Now for someone with only recreational gun experience, what would you recommend for home protection? I was planning on getting my wife a .223 but thats a target rifle and not all that practical.
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Remington 870, 20" barrel, pistol grip with stock, tactical flashlight to identify and blind potential threats, 00 buckshot through an open choke. Ring sights or a red dot wouldn't be a bad idea, either.
Buy five boxes of 25, shells, you and your wife each take two, go to the range, put the target out to 7 yards for one box, then somewhere around the longest line of sight in your house, and practice. Set the gun down on the rest, one of you calls out "go!" from a safe spot, the other picks up the gun, pumps it if you don't plan to keep one in the chamber, paints the target with the flashlight, then fires at center of mass.
If the range is a small, friendly place and nobody else is there, ask if they can dim the lights, and get multiple targets, at least one each of a person holding a gun and an unarmed person (you'll probably have to get a hostage target, or just one with the person not pointing the gun at you.) Run the target out on the line, the proceed with the drill. It's not an ideal simulation, but it will help familiarize you with distinguishing threats from unarmed intruders. It may be legal to shoot someone who's in your home unarmed, but if you can minimize the chance of shooting if you don't have to, it's better for you in both legal proceedings and from a psychological and ethical standpoint.
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Originally Posted by blahblah454
Its not registered guns that are a problem. How often do you hear of a murder taken place by a person who lawfully purchased and owned a gun?
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I'd also like to once again bring up the fact that the only violent crime known to have been committed with a legally owned machine gun was an off-duty police officer murdering a drug dealer with his Mac-10.