He's 100% right. You do not draw a firearm unless you're fully prepared to kill someone with it. It's not a noisemaker, it's not a prop, it's a gun. One of the first things they teach you in gun safety training is to shoot to kill; not to intimidate, not to wound, not to try and send a message... if you draw your…

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You're absolutely right about this. A double-barrel shotgun is great for pheasant hunting, not ideal for home defense, for all the reasons you mention. And you should not fire a shotgun in the air to try and scare anyone off, particularly if you only have two rounds. You're just announcing that you're out of ammo and…

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There's also the small issue of recoil... smaller framed people don't handle shotguns very well because they kick like a mule, and you need to make your two shots count if you're using a double-barrel. An AR-15, on the other hand, has essentially zero recoil and plenty of rounds to put out in case you miss the first…

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