Not to interrupt a shotgun storage thread. Been made pretty clear nothing beats practice. Brownie with a kubaton or open hand will out wit any run of the mill assailant and more. For a home defense shotgun, short barrel, stock no stock, mounted flashlight, hand held light. If mounted light...

This thought occured to me last night (not the best time to be thinking). As a big fan of 30-30 lever actions, I was considering the use of my Marlin for defense and having a 45-70 on order I was thinking it might be excessive and dangerous as a home defense gun. But, In these times where we...