Should I buy a handgun or shotgun for home defense? I have in

An age old question

You have to outweight the pros and cons

Shotguns
>Cheap
>Reliable
>Will really fuck up someone's day
>long
>low capacity

Handguns:
>High capacity
>really need to practice regularly so you're not a shit shot
>easy to conceal somewhere or grab in a hurry
>shot placement is absolutely key

>>34205376
It has been said many times, and I subscribe to the idea as well
>A handgun is to get you to your rifle or shotgun

Either one works. Shotgun is better at killing people outright if you go by statistics.

>>34205376
If you're only going to own one, and do not intend to CC the handgun, shotgun is the logical choice.

>>34205376
>>34205397
Agrees


>>34205400
I also support this.

However they have spreader chokes and this makes it even more effective since you get a semi-video game amount of horizontal spread.

#1 Buckshot is probably the best thing, people go on about 000 but the smaller stuff is still like being hit by a .22 and there's usually 3 times as many pellets (ie, chances to lance an artery or organ).

Don't try to use the shotgun for intimidation, just use it, have a shell loaded already otherwise as soon as you rack the slide the other guy is going to draw on you with (a shitty duct taped revolver).

If you're worried about capacity, go order some of those Aguila mini-shells and have those loaded in the gun following the standard shell you'll already have loaded.

>>34205684
Buckshot will work, personally I'd go with slugs.