14 yo uses skeet gun to deter home invasion.

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5. A shotgun can be a very lethal weapon ...

I would be very hesitant to try to rob that house again while it was occupied even if I upgraded my weapon from a revolver to a semi-auto.

Also the memory of having a shotgun pointed at them might be a good deterrent. I have had a double barreled shotgun pointed at me at close range 45 years ago. I still remember how enormous the holes at the end of those barrels looked.

When I was in the Air Force stationed at Keesler AFB, I used to like to explore the state. I was driving down a back road in Mississippi with a friend and the road ended as a circular driveway in someone's yard. A little old man with a 12 gauge coach gun ran up to my car and drew down on me with his weapon. He asked, "What are you doing in my yard, boy?" Are you poaching my chickens?"

I very politely explained that I was just driving down the road and it ended up at his house. He said, "You better get the hell out of here right now, boy!" That sounded like an excellent idea to me, so I did.

I don't really think that he was worried about his chickens. He probably had a moonshine still on his property.