I too will chime in for the shotgun. I have been shooting pistols for 45 years, and after uncountable ten's of thousands of rounds I like to think I'm fairly proficient with one. The one time I had to deal with an intruder that I 'heard' upstairs, I was shaking like a leaf by the time I got to the second floor with Beretta in hand. I seriously doubt I could have hit 'him' I was shaking so bad. It turned out to be the wind blowing a screen door on the 2nd floor porch. Then and there I stashed the Stevens 520 12 gauge riot gun in the dining room in place of the pistol.
Those of us not combat trained, or inured to violence, tend to be a shaky lot when confronted by an armed threat. A two-handed weapon is just the ticket for us, and I for one am not ashamed to admit it!
