In , DGDevin wrote:

"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Couple of reasons: First, the Judge can fire .410 shotgun ammo. You are
almost guaranteed a hit in a darkened hallway - maybe only a sting, but
the damage to the squint goes from a twitch to death.

Hogwash. Can you document that the shot spread from a .410 fired from a
Judge would cover the average residential hallway at the ranges at which
such an encounter is likely to occur? This issue has come up here before,
and we learned that at realistic home-defense ranges the spread of shot
from a short-barreled shotgun is so small as to be pointless.

A pistol usually has a shorter barrel than most short-barrel shotguns.

Second, one purpose of a firearm is intimidation. That's why police
agencies abandoned flap holsters many years ago; the mere sight of a
pistol has a calming effect on most slopes. While not a BIG intimidating
factor, the bigger the weapon the more sobering effect on the stink-eye.

So last paragraph you were painting a picture of a dark hallway in which
one would need to spray shot around to get a hit, but now suddenly the
burglar can see and identify the model of firearm you're holding and be
intimidated by the awesome manliness of your choice of weapon. More
hogwash.

Enemy is not always a burglar, and not always threatening in such dark
situations. One's self-defense weapon should be useful at intimidation
when seen in lighting conditions that allow it to be seen, which I expect
to be more than 0% of the time.

SNIP stuff from here 1st line of which includes "goofball weapons"
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- Don Klipstein )