Oh. Absolutely not, IMHO. A shotgun has TOO MUCH recoil for anyone with "limited experience" to safely handle. Many female (small stature) police officers cannot handle an 870 even after dozens of hours of training. Virtually anyone (my wife, for example) can pick up a 36 ounce S&W model 65 loaded with 38+P ammunition (the "FBI Load") hold it at waist level pointed straight ahead and blast the center out of a B-27 target at 9-12 feet distance. Body index work at this distance. Point and shoot until he goes down and stays down. With a 12 gauge shotgun, she'd be on her ass and have dropped the shotgun after the first shot. She'd miss that shot anyway because she would have "jerked" the gun out of fear of the recoil and muzzle blast she knew was coming. ************************************************** Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M. o- 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) f- 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c- 612-865-7956 jol...@gw.hamline.edu
>>> "Philip F. Lee" pf...@wdn.com> 02/07/09 1:11 PM >> ( mailto:pf...@wdn.com> ) Also, the shotgun should have a superior hit probability to the handgun for those with limited experience.
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