But if someone enters house without announcement...well. 870 is loaded with a#71/2 spreader load, #6 spreader followed with 3 rounds of 00 buck. The #71/2 was 4" up and down and 14" wide at 20'. #6 was about 4" by 12" both on a 1/2" 4'x4' pc of sheetrock.
Massad Ayoob related an incident where an armed homeowner shot an intruder with bird shot, horribly scarring and permanently blinding the perp.
The appearance of the guy who was shot was enough to sway a civil jury, even though it was a legal use of force, the homeowner lost heavily.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
