To add onto this, you'll be able to carry way more rounds with 12ga and you are already 1-shot-killing. There's a reason why the military uses 12ga. It's the smallest you can go and still be guaranteed 1 hit lethal.
He doesn't know that, he only knows what the news lady on the talmudvision tells him
If he wants to run a 47 inch pump gun to pie rooms with an effective range of 40 yd once he hits the outdoors cuz he's running 1-1/8 loads of #8.5, thats on him, And he will still have full wall penetration and kill his children, but don't tell him that cuz he's not listening
Shotguns are garbage outside of hunting birds and shooting clays in my experience
a 12ga slug will incapacitate but not kill on contact with a decent vest. You need the high penetration of a rifle, and some hot load 5.56 green tip with a full length barrel is the way to go. Not sure if green tips are legal everywhere but in most states I think. I don't have any but I should probably get some.
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For those saying that an AR would be better - while you are probably right, I think in the heat of the moment you are likelier to hit the target with a shotgun.
It really depends on your training and level of skill.
There are a variety of other factors that are being completely ignored also, rural vs. urban, whether you run dogs, cameras, alarms, outdoor motion detection/trip lines, magnetic driveway sensors and many other things.
If someone is in my house, they will have had to bypass or evade everything on that list, as well as drive past hundreds of easier targets and cut 2 gates and come 15 cattle guards down a country road.
It does happen to the Boer, so nobody is completely "safe", but the debate between 8 and 12 gauge as posted by OP is an academic circlejerk. If someone is in your house you fucked up in dozens of ways already and your choice of gauge isn't going to solve all those mistakes
The biggest reason is that you will have the best results with what you train with. You will train with what you can afford to shoot. Pistol caliber carbines are cheap to buy and ammunition is cheap. If you're worried about over penetration, you can use frangible ammunition or tailor your ammunition to what you need. PCCs are light and simple to use. Also depending on your legal situation, you could use subsonic ammunition with a suppressor to protect your hearing.
The downfall of a PCC is that it won't penetrate body armor, but a shotgun won't either.
Bottom line is, whatever you get, go use it and get comfortable shooting, reloading, room clearing, and addressing malfunctions. Ideally find a PCC/ammo combo that malfunctions rarely.
use a 12 with #4. You'll saw anything in half, close range but you're less likely to overpenetrate into junior's room.