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Because of their stopping power, high probability of causing wounds, and low chance of collateral damage, shotguns are favored by police forces and homeowners as a self-defense weapon. The [[United States legal code]] (18 USC 921) defines the shotgun as "a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder, and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger."
Because of their stopping power, high probability of causing wounds, and low chance of collateral damage, shotguns are favored by police forces and homeowners as a self-defense weapon. The [[United States legal code]] (18 USC 921) defines the shotgun as "a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder, and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger."
====Pump Action====
Pump action shotguns are the most common and fastest acting shotguns. They typically load new shells from a tube magazine.
====Semi-Automatic====
Semi-automatic shotguns use gas pressure from the spent shell to operate the action automatically, allowing the user to only have to pull the trigger to fire. Typically semi-automatic shotguns are faster but not as reliable as their pump action shotgun counterparts.
==Popular Semi-Automatic Models==
The most common [[semi-automatic shotgun]]s include:
* [[Mossberg 930]]
* [[Remington 1100]]
* [[Beretta 390/3901]]
* [[Weatherby SA-08]]
* [[Saiga 12]]
* [[SRM Arms Model 1216]]
==Quotes==
* "Without a [[long gun]] ([[shotgun]] or [[rifle]]) you are nothing, worthless, you are waiting for death, any minute, any second." -- [[Aron Bielski]]
* "If you can choose what to bring to a fight, bring a [[long gun]]. And a friend with a long gun" - [[NRA]] Lifer
"Never bring a [[knife]] to [[gun]] [[fight]]." "Never bring a [[pistol]] to a shotgun fight." -- [[Anonymous]]
"I need a [[pistol]] only to fight my way back to my [[rifle]] or [[shotgun]]." -- Anonymous
==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[Firearm]]s: Shotgun and [[Rifle]]
* [[Firearm]]s
* [[Archery]]
* [[Mossberg 500]]
* [[Crossbow]]
* [[Remington 870]]
* [[Mossberg Maverick 88]]
* [[Mossberg 590]]
* [[Mossberg 930SPX]]
* [[Remington 11/70]]
* [[Remington 1100]]
* [[Ammunition]]
* [[Rifles]]
* [[Handgun]]s: [[Semi-Automatic Pistols]], [[Revolvers]]
* [[Invest in tangibles]] - buy Precious Metals (that is [[Copper-jacketed lead]] and [[Firearms]])
* [[Police state]]s-[[Nanny states]] violate the [[United States Constitution]]-[[Bill of Rights]] (especially [[Second Amendment]] and [[Fourth Amendment]]) and [[Citizen]]'s [[Unalienable rights]]
* [[Second Amendment]] [[Gun rights]] versus [[Liberal]] [[Gun control]]
* [[Why do we own firearms?]] -- According to [[Thomas Jefferson]] it is as the final deterrent against potential [[Tyranny]] of [[government]]
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* [[Boston T. Party]]’s [[State Firearms Laws Ranking]]s from [[Boston's Gun Bible]] -- [[Vote with your Feet]]
* [[Boston's Gun Bible]] by [[Boston T. Party]]
* [[Boston T. Party]]'s [[You & The Police]]
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.recguns.com/Sources/OutIIIe.html Shotgun FAQ]
*[http://www.recguns.com/Sources/OutIIIe.html Shotgun FAQ]
*[http://www.humanevents.com/2011/03/29/shotguns-the-best-felon-killing-home-defense-tool-ever-made/ Shotguns and home defense]
*[http://www.humanevents.com/2011/03/29/shotguns-the-best-felon-killing-home-defense-tool-ever-made/ Shotguns and home defense]