you're right Hawg Haggen
I'll make a new pic with hat and boots
Raider2000 you're very right concerning overpenetration, I would like to add another point.
When things happen and a BG decide to take your home as target, the first step is to protect your family, defend your life, and SURVIVE the situation.
Anybody with some awareness, and training will do it.
but AFTER, what most of us forget is to survive COURT. Of course I prefer to be judged by 12 than buried by 6, but still I like my freedom.
Believe me, in the eyes of a judge there is a BIG difference between the guy using grand dad's revolver or hunting coach gun or the guy with tactical modern équipement. When the atorney will show to the jury what weapon was used, there will be a different psychological impact between a remington 870 with wood stock and the one with black fiber stocks. It sound wierd but for most people not knowing firearms wood stocks on a shotgun is made for hunt, black fiber stocks are made for war or defense. the same difference can be applied in front of a jury between a glock and a BP revolver.
Figure, some years ago some Police county even made the switch from Ruger Mini 14 to marlins lever actions because some politicals tough it was less "agressive" to see!
Those days they quickly tend to speak of premeditation, or people tending to "play cops".