Home Defense: AR vs Shotgun

[PewPewPewCo]

Everyone is making very good points.

Personally I have a Glock 21 with a surefire x300 on my night stand, because it's what I'm most comfortable with and I feel the ability to clear corners without running the risk of someone grabbing a barrel is better.

I'm not a professional, I'm not a soldier, I have never been trained in how to clear rooms, but when I did dry runs in my house one day while no one was home I found I moved much easier with a handgun than I did a rifle and for sure more than the shotgun, and since I am more familiar with the handgun, I point it more naturally in the dark when you can't always see your sights.

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[Olchevy]

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[Olchevy]

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Hard to film while I'm the only one and tripping over my self...lol

 

[chance]

It's nice to have the option of both, but since my only shotgun right now is a single shot 20g, I'll go for the AR style rifle (suppressed Sig 551 SBR)

 

[DTW762]

If I had to choose between the two, suppressed AR FTW. But I personally prefer a handgun with a light mounted, so I can grab my kid with one hand and still be able to defend while moving back to my wife and I's room to barricade. I'm not trying to clear my house, as I don't have the training to do so. And I'm a realist, if someone makes it in my house and isn't already chewed to a fine paste by both my dogs that roam free all night, then I don't want to go poking around a dark house to find him.

 

[Leshaire]

suppressed AR all day for me. unsuppressed though prob a shotgun

 

[great dane]

Depends on what room I'm in.
Not to sound paranoid but, there's an AR in two, shotgun in one, and pistols in all the others ;-)

Sounds like you got all your bases covered well

 

[great dane]

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Nothing like practice to make perfect