handgun vs. carbine, when CCW is not possible

[BigAL]

Properly held, a 16" carbine will barely be longer than a pistol held in a 2 handed firing grip.

[VeryCoolCat]

P.S. why shotguns are bad home defence weapons; even In a clean shoot (justifiable homicide) you'll be cleaning up the mess, which can include: blood, hair, teeth, eyes, guts, poopy and all sorts of other human detrius. if you wanna see what real bullet wounds look like check out ogrish.com it's not as heroic and pretty as HollyWood.

I'll stick with a shotgun tyvm. If the intruder has a firearm, even with a handgun or any carbine rifle you will most likely be shot at or even shot in the time you can get 3 shots off to take down an intruder let alone a methed or coked intruder.

Plus after you've put someone down with a handgun doesn't necesarily mean the threat has been removed, they can still fire while on the ground.

One shot from a shotgun... and (1) the intruder is not getting up (2) and if they live are lucky to be alive. (3) You have less of a chance of overpenetration.

I would rather deal one shot of 00' (heh that rhymes )