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Letter Re: Birdshot Ineffective as a Home Defense Load
Dear Jim,
In his recent article "Prepare
or Die", J. Britely wrote: "For home defense ammo, I use bird
shot. This will not penetrate and stop a criminal as fast as buck shot but
is also less likely to go through a wall
and hurt an innocent person." This is one of those myths that won't die.
Any ammo that will kill will go through a wall. There is no
magic ammo that stops
people and doesn't penetrate walls.
Birdshot will
not reliably
stop a person. It's "bird" shot. If you don't know what your
backstop is, don't shoot. There is no magic. - Michael
Z. Williamson
