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KD5NRH wrote:

Stupid wrote:1. your pumping sound gives away your position and might cause your target to fire at the sound

If you don't keep a round chambered, you're going to have to make noise with the semiauto too. If you do keep one chambered, it's just as unsafe as the pump would be.

I'm of the camp that, for HD purposes, the sound of working the action on a pump will likely work to your advantage. I believe burglars are looking for easy targets and don't want confrontation. YMMV.

Still don't believe me? Watch the movie The Matrix Lobby Shooting scene below. Should any of these police officers have used a semi-auto, Neo would be a piece of dead meat. Watch how slow the guy shooting the pump action shotgun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpc1SpDgUIA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Best. Evidence. Ever.

(now excuse me while i watch the clip just for fun)

Edit: The first thing wrong with this argument is the posted link didn't include the awesome soundtrack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqx7j3fOATk0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;). Second, from what I saw the guy using the pump action seemed like he may as well have been shooting an airsoft gun.
Third, HE'S NEO! He'll stop those shells flat if he doesn't like them.

AndyC wrote:A magic boomstick it is not.

That's not what Army Of Darkness taught me.

GrayHawk wrote:I am just wondering why I would need a short barelled HD shotgun with ghost ring or halo sights, pistol grip stock, mounted laser and flashlight, heat shroud, sling, saddle with 6 extra rounds, with mag extension bringing my in gun round count to eight when I have an effective nightstand gun?

Because all of that is AWESOME!!!

But seriously if you have a firearm you're proficient with that will be sufficient. I think the general suggestion to the non gun owner for a shotgun for HD is they're cheaper than a handgun both in initial investment and shells.

Also, I've read (conflicting) reports that shotguns won't penetrate walls as readily.