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Originally Posted by alwaysinboost
Wow, some of you guys are ready for war.
I've been looking to purchase a gun for home protection so I went into a gun shop the other week and told the guy behind the counter what I was in the market for. Originally a friend of mine, who has been into guns he whole life, told me to get a handgun but the guy behind the counter suggested a mosberg 20 gauge shot gun instead for home protection. It was pretty cheap @ only $300.00 and he said that the accuracy with a hand gun is like around 19%, and that was for people who shoot weekly. With a shot gun you won't miss, just point and shoot, not to mention the sound it will make when loading a round is more then enough to scare off a would be thief w/o even having to use it.
I don't plan on carrying anything, my biggest fear about that is if I have a gun I will use it in the wrong situation and wind up in jail. I only want it for home protection. There are no kids in my house but I would like my GF to be able to use whatever I buy and she is a little woman so it can't be something BIG that she can't handle or will knock her on her ass. What advise would you give to someone in my position?
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i shoot weekly and i cant help but hit within 6inches of the bullseye just about every time, as far as really close "combat" a shotgun will be better except for the lack of maneuverability, but when you start talking distance shotguns are useless. id say get a 9mm you can get aglock 19 relatively cheap, there easy to use and are accurate up to like 20some yards.