07-21-2016, 04:35 PM
CaptainHenreh Wrote:A patrol carbine/PDW/"assault weapon" is good for home defense for the same reasons it's good for war. Light weight, low recoil, accurate, easy to control, easy to sling and easy to mount a light to. Don't discount accuracy and follow up shots, if you're concerned about damaging your neighbors, train so you won't miss. Here's an example. Now I'm nothing particularly special, just a computer nerd who likes guns, but all those rounds went into a USPSA "silhouette" target at 25 meters. I absolutely cold NOT repeat that same performance with a pistol for accuracy, nor with a shotgun with speed. A carbine makes a very nice case for itself to be operated by anyone with a relatively small learning curve. AK's are operated by illiterate child soldiers in africa ffs.
I am not even sure my home is 25 meters across :lol:
Also training so I don't miss is like saying get in a race car and "don't hit anything". Exacerbate that by me being woken up at 2AM, my wife screaming, my dogs barking, an unknown "force" on the other side of that door and me deciding on someone's life in a split second. When I was at State Department, a DSS agent show himself during a range day. Had 20+ years of training...still didn't save him from a split second mistake.
Do I need "Light weight, low recoil, accurate, easy to control, easy to sling and easy to mount a light to" when I am sitting behind as much cover as I can 5 meters from the door? It seems for me (FOR ME), I am not sure the advantages outweigh the disadvantage. Am I wrong?
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