re: #101 Anymouse

Well, I don’t have any kids, and my hundred year old house is plaster and wood slats. That said, I would rather dig pellets out of my walls than miss with a pistol while half asleep.

Plus I can use my shotgun as a club.

My house in the Appalachian backwoods is pre-Civil War era and “next door” is a vacant house more than a football field length away with tons of trees in between.
Somebody is breaking into my house and threatening me? Shotgun is my preference for the same reasons as yours.