re: Recommendation for handgun-first time gun owner

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Serious question because this has been thrown around a lot in this thread.

Do you think she will get off a 2nd shot after she fires a shotgun inside the house? I would think my wife would be scared shitless to fire a 2nd shot because she will be deaf from the first one.

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The reality is most people have never fired any weapon inside a closed structure without hearing protection and all this discussion of an OK Corral type shootout is a very unlikely situation unless you have a drug or cash stash that someone is after.

Unless you have cornered an intruder a single blast is very likely to turn them around and one from a shotgun is going to be even more effective in that regard.


ETA shotguns aren't as loud relatively as people think:

Firearm dB chart