04-20-2009, 09:08 AM
You bet it is, Greg. For your purpose, the most important aspect of the shotgun is its limited range, which vastly reduces the chance of doing harm to a neighbor or property. As for home defense, it's a vicious weapon and if I'm not mistaken, it was actually banned for a time after WW1; a war that pioneered the use of tanks, machineguns, flamethrowers, and poison gas.