Sir, you are on a subject close to my heart.
Unfortunately I am away from home. I consider the lowly scattergun of buckshot capable, the real tool of close range, and a cornerstone of our western civilization.
Overseas in lawless lands they stand guard at checkpoints, and keep our troops healthier culling diseased feral dogs.
At home the big gauge and 00 buckshot keep criminals behind the wire where they belong, while in the hands of correctional employees.
And a valuable emergency life saving tool for police officers on our sometimes dangerous city streets.
What else should an entry man/woman carry I ask??
My own social smoothbores include;
-reproduction blunderbuss, antique 10 gauge SxS coach gun, several extended magazine Ithaca pump guns & one restricted 20 gauge
(just a retired paratrooper here that never got to actually pull the trigger on our nice & shiny 1100s overseas)
