Divemedic

A recent comment went like this:

3″ with 00 buck has 15 pieces of ,30 cal pellets. Unless said ner do well is right on top of you, figure at least 4-5 pieces will miss the target.

That isn’t how shotguns work. Consider the picture below:

Contrary to popular press, shotguns are not “street sweepers” and yes, you have to aim them. As you can see in the picture, every pellet hits within a 7 inch circle at 20 feet. It isn’t that you can’t miss with a shotgun, or that the shot spreads out at household distances.

It’s true that at longer ranges with lighter pellets that the pattern is wide- that’s why they are great for shooting fowl. The pattern on a cylinder bore shotgun with lightweight shot like BB is wide, and makes striking a small moving target easier than a single projectile. Again- see the above photo. Small pellets disperse faster, while larger pellets tend not to spread out as quickly.

The fact that heavy shot doesn’t spread much at short distances is what makes a shotgun such a great house defense gun- at the ranges typically found inside of a home, every shotshell sees the target getting hit with an ounce or more of fast moving lead. A 3 inch 12 gauge of 00 buck has a shot mass of about 500 grains, and it leaves the muzzle at about 1300 feet per second. That works out to 2700 foot pounds of energy. That’s roughly equivalent to being hit by 4 JHPs from a .357 magnum. Simultaneously.

Nothing zeros out an attacker’s blood pressure like a 7 inch wide wound channel through the middle of their chest cavity. There is a lot of important stuff within 4 inches of the center of a person’s chest, and poking 15 holes in that area means a high probability of multiple hits to important things like great vessels and ventricles of the heart.

At ranges from 6 to 20 feet, there aren’t many weapons that hit as hard as a 12 gauge. My 870 Wingmaster has a cylinder bore and can hold 7 two and three quarter inch shells. I also have a Chiappa nickel plated 12 gauge with a 3 inch chamber. It holds 5 of the hard hitting 3 inch shells. That’s a lot of serious self defense power that will put a hurting on even a drugged up intruder.

As an added bonus, it doesn’t look as scary as an AR and doesn’t come with the “evil looking black gun” label attached to it. If it ever is shown to a jury, they won’t get the “scary looking” image that an AR or a tactical shotgun will have.

No song has ever done what this one has done. The song Rich Men North of Richmond has debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 1. Without a record label, an unknown artist, and country music, to boot. Tell me that the people in this country haven’t had enough.

Even if you don’t like country, the song strikes a chord (no pun intended) with many.

A family- husband, wife, small child- sitting on their back porch saw a shirtless man in their back yard. When they shouted a challenge, they had to flee inside after he attempted to enter the house. The wife managed to snap a picture:

Seminole County deputies are hoping that someone in the public will identify who this is. I only wonder why the homeowner didn’t mark him for future identification. “Hello police? A guy just broke into my house. Do I know who he is? No, but if you just search the area for the guy with the sucking chest wound, that will be your guy.”

Note that he is inside of the screened porch, and his is looking right at the person taking the photo. This guy entered an occupied home in full knowledge that the residents were there. He didn’t care that the people were home- meaning that there is a high probability that he is there to hurt the occupants. There are those who say that you have insurance, so there is nothing in your home worth someone’s life.

My family is in my home, and they are worth more to me than you. My most difficult decision at this point will be choosing between my ready weapons:

• 3 inch 12 gauge shotgun loaded with 00 Buck
• AR15
• 9mm M&P

You break into my house, and you just signed your death warrant. The arriving cops will need a piece of chalk, a shop vac, and a mop.

Open carry is illegal in Florida, with certain exceptions. Any ideas?

Let’s take a look at the sentences being handed out or sought for the J6 riots:

• Joe Biggs of Daytona: 33 years
• Enrique Tarrio, of Miami 33 years
• Zachary Rehl 30 years
• Ethan Nordean 27 years
• Dominic Pezzola, 20 years
• Elmer Stewart Rhodes, 18 years

If the government wants to argue, as they have here, that this is terrorism, then what about Antifa and BLM? Why aren’t THEY being charged with terrorism for their riots and attacks on Federal officials? Instead, actual sitting members of Congress are providing them with bail money and legal defense.

The biggest mistake that the J6 protesters made was in thinking that the same rules would apply to them as applied to the Antifa/BLM crowd. If they were serious, the J6 protesters should have brought weapons at the beginning. If they were serious, they would have known that their actions would result in the loss of their lives- either rotting for decades in a Supermax prison, or dead there in the Capitol. Knowing then what they know now, would they have not participated, or would they have gone armed?

This is a cautionary tale to others, and the biggest reason why many don’t take action now. You either go in expecting your life to end, or you wait for reinforcements.