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I've had now a total of three times in my life I had to aim a shotgun at someone who was either committing a crime or saying they would commit a crime. In this last case, no one said they were going to do anything, they were doing it at the moment. Assaulting Grandpa who was terrified but wanted his trencher and rushing me with fists raised while the other three were mocking and making vague threats.

Back in 1990 I working as a domestic in home care giver and some scumbag friend of the client came by, got some strange idea in his head and threatened to kill me. I leveled a shotgun at him and told him to get out. He seemed a bit off. The client asked me not to call the police because he was her "friend" and was on parole. Anyway, I'm pissed off, quit for the evening and left. Stopped off at a popular eatery and bar and went inside to enjoy a beer and calm down.

Fucker is already sitting there drinking. Hmmm, parole? What for? Should he be in a bar drinking? Next day I asked the client for some more details on the guy. I'd never seen him before and he just shows up talking trash and threatening. She admitted he had been in jail for raping a minor. Turns out, I knew who this minor was as she and her boyfriend had rented an apartment next to mine. Small world. She wasn't a minor anymore so it must have been a few years back. I did a bit more snooping and got the name of his parole officer and called the parole officer up and told him what had happened the day before. LOL. They tossed him right back in jail and I never saw him again. Turns out he wasn't supposed to be drinking either since that was part of his excuse for molesting the teenager. Imagine that, "It's not my fault your honor, she was coming on to me and I was drunk". Ok, no more drinking for you.

More recently I was on a job on the east coast sharing rent with a coworker. It was a short job but too long for a motel and we got a deal on the rent. Black area. About two months into the job a neighbor who I recognized was busting the door window in and trying to access the dead bolt with his arm through the window. I ran for my twelve gauge. Warned him I was armed. He's not stopping. Warned him I was chambering a round. He's not stopping. Warned him safety was off, I was aimed and going to "BLOW YOUR ARM OFF!!". He looked up, saw that huge barrel aimed right at his eyes and ran. What did he think? A white guy is going to stay in a black neighborhood and be unarmed? Silly jogger.

To this day my favorite all time weapon is a shot gun. Pump action is something I love as there's nothing quite like the sound of racking a shell into the receiver. It's just such a sexy sound and anyone with two functioning brain cells should recognize that and realize he's about to get a huge fucking crater in his body. I've used it on stray cats and Good Lord, it rips them in half when you have buckshot loaded.

[–] 26837499? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Thanks for the accounts. I once asked some people in the know what gun I should get if I could only afford one. That was their consensus. A shotgun, as it has a way a of being very convincing to the would be perp. Also can be used for hunting in a SHTF situation.

[–] 26848055? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Right. A Mossberg 500 M 12 gauge pump action with a combination shoulder/pistol grip stock and and an 18 inch barrel is my favorite. It's simple, easy to handle, and has that wonderful sound when a round is chambered. Imagine some perp trying to break your door down to gain entry. You rush up with your shotgun and give a shouted warning. Ahh, but they aren't impressed. You chamber a shell and they can hear it through the door. If not, when they get through that door and see that barrel pointed right at their face, they have always backed down from me.

For practice shooting it just handles so well. With the combination stock you can aim from the shoulder or for inside house defense you can hold it low and aim from the hip. That short barrel gives you much more room to maneuver indoors with the combination stock. Indoors I like to load it with birdshot. Less you think birdshot won't stop a man, wrong. At close range it will blow a huge nasty hole in a man's chest or ruin his face. He might live but it's doubtful. At 10 to 15 feet it will carve a hole right through a phone book or explode a gallon bottle of water. Price wise, it's very affordable.