One of my wive's co-workers has decided that, with the purchase of his new home, he would like to have a firearm for home protection.
He's never been anti-gun, per se, just not a gun guy. We've talked a lot about what he wants the firearm for and it's exclusively for home defense scenarios. He probably will purchase one, and only, one firearm and train enough on it to be proficient for when the time comes.
We've discussed that what ever he decides to buy, his wife has to become minimally proficient as well.
It comes down to my recommendation that he go with a .357 revolver of some sort (we're going tomorrow for a range session) or an 870.
I'm not interested in a discussion of ballistics, over penetration, etc because that's been done to death here and I feel very comfortable presenting to him the different considerations there.
I'm looking to cogently present to him the issues regarding actually deploying said firearms within the confines of your basic split foyer tract house. Things like corners, maneuvering with the shotgun barrel length etc. In other words, the "ergonomic" issues of defending a home with a shotgun vs. a handgun.
I've done a lot of training with a handgun and feel pretty comfortable with that side of the discussion, but long guns present a unique challenge within the narrow confines of a house.
Fire away....
He's never been anti-gun, per se, just not a gun guy. We've talked a lot about what he wants the firearm for and it's exclusively for home defense scenarios. He probably will purchase one, and only, one firearm and train enough on it to be proficient for when the time comes.
We've discussed that what ever he decides to buy, his wife has to become minimally proficient as well.
It comes down to my recommendation that he go with a .357 revolver of some sort (we're going tomorrow for a range session) or an 870.
I'm not interested in a discussion of ballistics, over penetration, etc because that's been done to death here and I feel very comfortable presenting to him the different considerations there.
I'm looking to cogently present to him the issues regarding actually deploying said firearms within the confines of your basic split foyer tract house. Things like corners, maneuvering with the shotgun barrel length etc. In other words, the "ergonomic" issues of defending a home with a shotgun vs. a handgun.
I've done a lot of training with a handgun and feel pretty comfortable with that side of the discussion, but long guns present a unique challenge within the narrow confines of a house.
Fire away....