> The October 1997 issue of the Army Lawyer has an interesting legal
> review of the use of shotguns by the US military. Especially germane
> to civilian firearm laws is the discussion of the effectiveness of
> shotguns versus assault firearms andsubmachine guns at close quarters.
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> Page 20:
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> "...British examination of its malaya experience determined that, to a
> range of thirty yards (27.4 meters), the probability of hitting a man-
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> sized target with a shotgun was superior to that of all other weapons.
> The probability of hitting the intended target with an assault rifle
> was one in eleven. It was one in eight with a submachine gun firing a
> five-round burst. Shotguns had a hit probability ratio twice as good
> as rifles..."
Self-defense is likely to be a considerably shorter ranges than 30
yards. The spread of the shot pattern will be less at shorter ranges,
and therefore the hit probabilities would be more similar.
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--henry schaffer
> ...
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