NEWS YOU CAN USE: Even the mighty shotgun has some shortcomings. “A shotgun is a short-range tool, ideal for ranges of 40 yards and closer when loaded with standard 00 buckshot loads. While it’s true that hunters can sometimes down game at 70 yards or slightly farther, their shotguns, magnum loads and sights/scopes have been optimized for longer ranges, and therefore are not optimized for shorter ranges that are vastly more common for defensive purposes. Certainly, a shotgun can be used at longer ranges with slugs in a pinch, but expecting 100-yard groups smaller than 6 inches with your 18-inch-barreled home-defense shotgun is wishful thinking.”

If I’m shooting people at 100 yards, I’m not doing home defense anymore.