> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Henry E Schaffer > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Good discussion of the advantages and > disadvantages of shotgunsvs. handguns for self-defense >
> <http://jagcnet.army.mil/JAGCNETINTERNET/HOMEPAGES/AC/ARMYLAWY ER.NSF/c8 > 2df279f9445da185256e5b005244ee/6ae1de28fab6310685256e5b0054ec6b/ > $FILE/Article%202.pdf> > 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. Average range of encounter is approximately 7 yards, IIRC. At that range a shotgun is horrifically effective. Bruce L. Jones The Mojave Desert - The Geographic Center of Nowhere _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
