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Originally Posted by Brainwalter
Shotgun is great for home defense, it's pretty hard to miss someone at close range, and the shot is less likely to go through walls and hit neighbors/junior sleeping in the next room, than some handgun calibers (don't remember which are good and which are bad about penetrating walls). The story a few posts up about chambering a round in a Glock and frightening away a burglar, is probably 10x more effective with a pump action shotgun.
Just to sum up the above link:
1) The buckshot made a 2.5 inch entry wound, so the guys who did that study felt saying "its hard to miss" is untrue.
2) Whereas the 9mm, .40, .45 caliber pistol rounds penetrated 12 layers of sheet rock, which is equivalent to 6 interior walls, the shotgun buckshot only went through 6 layers of sheet rock, or, 3 interior walls.
3) The shotgun slug went through all 12 layers.
2 tells us that just because you're using a shotgun doesn't mean your wife in the next room is safe.