Mossberg 500A for HD

500A for HD.Do you keep one in the chamber?

  • Yes

    Votes: 17 34.7%
  • No

    Votes: 32 65.3%

  • Total voters
    49
  • Poll closed .
Klaw, I respect your view but the barrel to the back of the head and an order to hit the deck face down would have a kid's undivided attention too... If they are inside my home, I do not know if they want pawn items or more... Nothing I own except this lap top and my guns are pawn-able... Like an old sign I had on my door for years stated...

"THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS HOME WORTH RISKING YOUR LIFE FOR..."

Brent
 
I hear you, Brent, and if any error is to be made I would do so on the side of my and my family's safety and see no fault in your plan for the protection of your own. Generally, I do not believe in warnings but that warning shots are for Hollywood.
 
The sound of a pump gun (or any gun action for that matter) cycling a round has no psychological impact upon me other than getting me to keep my head down and shoot at the sound...

when is the last time you broke into a house and heard a round being chambered?
 
That might be why I do not fret the sound... accustomed under normal circumstances? All burglars are different than me? I doubt it...

Not every criminal is an amped up ferret... Many may be but not all...

Brent
 
Whew... some of the folks here speak heap big smoke. How many times have any here dropped a hammer on someone and dealt with the investigation, the prosecutor and possible lawsuits? Poppin someone even in your house with bad intent will generate a hell-storm in your life and that of your family, even with "Make my day" and "Castle doctrine". A BAD shoot- i.e. some friend, friend of your kids, someone drunk and entering the wrong house by mistake, or a drunk friend not thinking THAT has happened to me more than once, glad I didnt blow either of them away. My friends know what to expect and holler as they come to the door- if the dog doesnt out-shout them... A bad shoot will grab your life and turn it upside down. Apples and oranges perhaps.. look at what Mr Zimmerman is facing because of a good shoot that was turned bad by the media.
I have a dog and a Glock handy. The shotgun is between me and the door and has an empty chamber unless I am actively expecting trouble. Better that than the death of someone that didnt really need killing- that split-second of time to gauge the situation. YMMV!
 
What Zimmerman is going through is a good example of how a good or a bad shooting can turn a life upside down, but I wouldn't call it a good shoot. I won't say more as on a general discussion thread of this forum we have been asked not to discuss the case.
 
As for "ill intent"... I wouldn't consider such a move...

As for the Seminole County Fl. Case... Mods have made it clear that the discussions are off the table until more facts are provided for a fair more informed discussion...

I expect we will see it opened for discussion soon...

Brent
 
As for making a mistake... SURE I HAVE!!! And one involved "lethal Force"... I was incorrectly informed by an officer that FLA allows a citizen to use force to detain a "felon"... So I held the crack dealer at knife point...

Later I was to learn that it requires the BG to have committed and "AGGRAVATED FELONY"... Lucky for me, the officer didn't even ask my name and told me NOT to listen to an officer's definition of law and to reseach it in the statutes first... which I immediately did...


Brent
 
first (hogdogs) i would like to apologize for calling you hotdog was honest mistake.
second on the point of where i get off with the shoot first ask question second is indeed my business not anybody else. i do not have do defend why i do what i do in my HOME!.
i would think a libertarian would know and believe in that.

lastly no i do not worry about shooting some one who mistakenly entering my home in the we-hours EVERYONE I KNOW, KNOW I HAVE LOTS OF GUNS AND AM NOT AFRAID TO USE THEM. they also know my house is not a hang out spot as i am very anti-social at 3am.
 
second on the point of where i get off with the shoot first ask question second is indeed my business not anybody else. i do not have do defend why i do what i do in my HOME!.

Texas has a pretty strong castle doctrine, but be ready to defend youself if you shoot the wrong guy.
 
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