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Originally Posted by Rochard
A friend of mine got a handgun recently and I asked him why. He told me he needed it for protection. He was worried about someone breaking into the house. I laughed at him. For home protection you do not need a handgun, you need a shot gun. Hard to miss someone at short range in your house with a shotgun.
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Even then, you still have an extreme disadvantage. The intruder has the element of surprise. Unless you are one of those people that have a shotgun loaded and in your hand, the chances of you getting to your gun cabinet and loading it, or even making it to the place you keep your loaded gun, are pretty small. I'll bet more people survive a home invasion because the intruder has them secured compared to those who try to go for a weapon. Not saying that a reason to not a own a gun. I'm just saying, the "protection" reason is full of holes.