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Deter, defend: Mossberg's 590A1 pump may be the perfect choice for enforcing the "Castle Doctrine."

Despite all the press that handguns garner, the simple fact is that you are barely armed should you meet a threat with a pistol or revolver in your hands. A retired Delta operator once opined over lunch that pistols were good for shooting dogs and little else. Over numerous deployments, his weapons of choice were the carbine, shotgun or JDAM. Since JDAMs are not available over the counter, long guns sit atop the personal-defense food chain for civilians. Shotguns have long been the gold ...

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