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Out of curiosity then, roughly what % used a shotgun vs handgun (or rifle or other non-firearm like spray, baseball bat, etc) and how many of the non-shotgun users did lose and do you feel they wouldn't have if they had used a shotgun (or any firearm if they hadn't used one)?
I'm not in front of my stats, but maybe 10-15% use a shotgun. Rifles are the least common by a fair margin. Handguns the most by a large margin.
I hesitate to try and guess what would have happened had something been a bit different. I mean, some things are obvious. The guy who gets clubbed while trying to get a gun lock off his shotgun, for example. It's easy to say the outcome could have been different without a gun lock, but you still don't really know he would have won.
Shotguns hit harder, hit more often, and for whatever reason seem to be psychologically tougher to face. I say "seem to be" based on shotgun users get shot back at less often, even if they missed. It's possible random, though.
I will *always* default to a long gun if given the chance.