Thank you, 300, for your advice. I do so love shotguns, and in the house I am never more than five minutes away from one hobbling painfully on my cane. But a combat shotgun won't hep yo much iffn yo cain't git tew it. So I drape myself with an assortment of handguns to fight my way there. Home invaders are getting smarter about the wary habits of Armed America, so they now come in fours. As we say here in Texas, and especially about firepower, "Too much is not enough!" So the first line of home defense is an eight shot 357 magnum revolver, to be thrown at them when empty. Four pounds of stainless flung at eight feet per second packs no small punch. If accuracy hasn't done the trick, then it's time for spray and pray with a 17 round 9mm pistol with four spare mags, also to be thrown at them when the barrel melts, primarily for hot spatter burn effect. For the coups de grace, perfectly legal in Texas in the privacy of your own home as long as you keep screaming "Stop!" for neighbor witnesses and/or 911 to hear, are two 9mm mouseguns hidden under the belt, both with reloads. In extremis, should it be necessary to leave the sanctity of your castle, you want to be seen as modestly and moderately armed, not the least bit a gun nut, so I have a tiny girly 380 in my packet for the benefit of the getaway driver, who is in fact usually a fine fox of a girl. FYI, I trade like I shoot. Currently I run ten systems, and pick randomly among them to keep the market confused as to my intentions. I can smell them watching me.