Pew research has done a few surveys:
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...gun-ownership/
The gun someone knows how to use will always be superior to the one they don't know how to use regardless of the unknown weapon's benefits. If shotgunning for sport is a thing, though, it's really easy to have a defensive shotgun that works the same as the sporting gun. If they shoot clays or birds with a Benelli, the "tactical" versions of those guns have the same control layout. Same with Beretta. Or the Reminton 870/1100/1187/etc.In other words, I'd rather my wife be defending the family with a gun she's familiar with from the clays course than one she's not enthused enough about to ever shoot.