• Odelay42@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I wouldn’t use an AR for home defense because I’m not interested in shooting through 4 walls and killing my neighbors kid by accident.

    I believe bird shot is enough of a deterrent for home defense and requires significantly less precision in a tense situation.

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      8 hours ago

      I wouldn’t use an AR for home defense because I’m not interested in shooting through 4 walls and killing my neighbors kid by accident.

      Have you ever shot a gun before? Drywall isn’t stopping shit. Handgun rounds go through walls easily.

      I believe bird shot is enough of a deterrent for home defense and requires significantly less precision in a tense situation.

      You shot to kill not wound, and a shotgun isn’t easier to use than an AR, on top of that birdshot is not fanning out at 10’ in your home… it’s basically a slug at that distance and will %100 go through drywall.

      You’ve been reading some really FUDD shit if you believe anything you typed up.

      Edit: lol at people upvoting that complete nonsense comment to this one. Please for the love of Cthulhu people don’t buy a shotgun and leave it in your home for home defense and do not load it with fucking birdshot…get a handgun if you’re afraid of an AR.

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        4 hours ago

        So you understand how birdshot is different than a FMJ? A pellet isn’t going through 3 walls, a FMJ is. There is massively more penetration and lethality after penetration. Have you ever shot a gun?

        And yes a shotgun is much easier to use, are you crazy? You need much much much less accuracy. You literally can just aim down a hallway and get great coverage.

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        5 hours ago

        it’s basically a slug at that distance and will %100 go through drywall.

        Hey it’s gotta go through some fiberglass, glued-together wood chips, and plastic siding too. They just need a few layers of wet tissue paper on there as well and they’ll be golden.