Weird post idea, looking to generate conversation to help me make sense of things mostly as I advise family and friends. The consensus around home defense is a long gun is better than a pistol. Easy enough argument to make, because easier to attach a light, easier to shoot, better stopping power or whatever word is most appropriate since you all know what I mean even though that word is controversial.
Tom givens and DB like shotguns for civilian home defense and I like their take. I have both a carbine and a shotgun but my shotgun is go to for me if the need arises. So really the question in my mind is, do I need both a shotgun and a carbine? I want both. And that’s good enough reason for me, but thinkin about for an average person I might advise.
I might have to pare down my possessions either to sell or put in deep storage so trying to make sense of things because if I did have unlimited money and unlimited storage space I’d own hundreds of guns just cuz!
Here’s where I’m at right now with my thinking. The shotgun is my primary home defense gun. The carbine is my oh poop home defense gun or boogaloo gun as some internet people call it. The idea in my head is the shotgun is for day to day and the carbine comes out if tshtf. If someone from the mafia or cartel wants to murder me, then maybe the carbine stays by my bed instead of shotgun. Threat modeling is the word I read on a blog.
Does that make sense? But if I really wanted or needed to pare down, maybe I ditch the shotgun first because the carbine should work just fine for home defense in an average situation but also works in a bugaloo so maybe paring down to just the carbine and a Glock for carry is the ticket?
Maybe the question isn’t why do I need a carbine because the answe is always yes, but the question is —do I supplement the carbine with a shotgun for “routine” home security tasks? And then if either I am parking down, I sell or put the shotgun in storage, and If I’m recommending someone get their first and probably only long gun, I suggest the carbine over shotgun even though I like shotgun too if I could only have one it would be carbine?
A bit of a rant sorry trying to flesh out my thoughts. I live in a small home and become a hoarder with ammo, spare mags, spare parts, tactical gear, stored water, stored food, bug out bag, etc and this is all preparedness stuff for me, I don’t compete recreationally so this stuff guns included are taking up space to protect against a hypothetical future and maybe putting half of it in secure storage or selling some off might make me happier.