I guess both the attacker and the husband were screwed!
My Spidey sense was right. There's two police cars at the jerks house now. The wife is in the back of one of the cars and the police are being very polite to her. Something isn't right at that house.
OKS addressed Rayclem's over penetration argument extremely well.
I would pile on to note that if your buckshot load of choice is 8 or 9 pellet ( I prefer 8) FLITECONTROL by Federal, it will routinely hold a sub 5 inch group (often 1/2 of that ) at 40 (13ish yards) all day long in an open bore shotgun.
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Of course, one needs to "pattern" any load to a given shotgun to know for sure.
I have seen the load hold sub 6 inches at 15 yards with "range" 870 shotguns on a routine basis during agency qualification.
I would respectfully offer that federal Flitecontrol buckshot will shoot a tight enough group for home defense in the vast majority of interior dwellings without fear of over penetration and/or missing because of a "flyer" if the shooter otherwise does their part...just as they would have to do with any other platform.
I guess both the attacker and the husband were screwed!
As I understand it British law allows for 'reasonable force' to be used by a homeowner under such circumstances. I think the case to which you are referring is that of 78 year old Richard Osborn-Brooks who stabbed with a screwdriver an intruder, Henry Vincent aged 37, who later died. Mr.Osborn-Brooks was, quite properly in my view, placed into custody while an investigation took place, and then released without charge. The force used was deemed to be reasonable in this case and the law worked as it should in my opinion.
+1. I live in a townhouse with homes connected to either side of mine and I am not overly worried about over penetration, because:
1. I am a responsible gun owner.
2. I know what I’m doing because I practice and am good shooting at what I aim at.
3. I have my homes shooting lanes and backstop’s mapped out beforehand along with a plan of do’s, don’t’s and maybe’s.
4 Along with what if’s and why not’s for good measure.
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I really liked what you said in a previous post in a different thread. What did you say? Something like, I wear a seat belt and carry a gun, not because, what? You need to post that here again my friend.
It was brilliant!
Unfortunately on at least two such occasions it really would not have matter how clean my drawers were when I put them on.Great post. I can remember when I was very young, my Momma always told me to make sure I have clean underwear on, because you never know if you might be in an accident and wind up in the hospital.
Don’t want the nurses looking at dirty draws!
Yeah, I received the same message from my momma. They watch after their kids, even when we are not so young.Great post. I can remember when I was very young, my Momma always told me to make sure I have clean underwear on, because you never know if you might be in an accident and wind up in the hospital.
Don’t want the nurses looking at dirty draws!
“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.”Good post. An armed populace makes for a polite populace.
