{"id":1787,"date":"2012-06-16T03:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2012-06-16T02:53:02","modified_gmt":"2012-06-16T06:53:02","slug":"shotgun-for-home-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=1787","title":{"rendered":"Shotgun for Home Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gq3RVvL9ZjU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t cruise by the <a title=\"GunBlast.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gunblast.com\/\">GunBlast.com<\/a> website occasionally, then you are missing out on the folksy GunBlog-stylings of Jeff, Boge, and Greg Quinn.\u00a0 In this video, on-air talent Jeff, whose double-pony-tailed beard is his trademark, talks about different shotgun rounds and demonstrates birdshot as a viable home defense load in a shotgun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1781\" title=\"IMG_1834\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1834.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3603\" height=\"1977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1834.jpg 3603w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1834-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1834-1024x561.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3603px) 100vw, 3603px\" \/><\/a>I am a strong proponent of the shotgun as <em>the<\/em> most devastating close quarter weapon available.\u00a0 I have a Remington 870, set up with a Speedfeed III stock, Surefire light, and<!--more--> single point sling, that rides in the rack at my side in the CVPI while on duty.\u00a0 Mossberg and Winchester 12 gauges round out my castle defense.<\/p>\n<p>With lines like &#8220;It goes against everything I believe in to ruin $25 worth of good pork,&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;I don&#8217;t know anybody made of ballistic gel,&#8221; and &#8220;the dogs are gonna eat good tonight, I guess,&#8221; it constitutes Tennessee entertainment at its finest!<\/p>\n<p>All funnin&#8217; aside, I lecture the rookies on having a long gun in their car.\u00a0 I am appalled at the number of modern police officers who don&#8217;t have a shotgun in their cruisers or in their personal residences.<\/p>\n<p>If you are one of those goobersmoochers who don&#8217;t think the shotgun rules the roost, then watch and learn.\u00a0 Or at least enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you don&#8217;t cruise by the GunBlast.com website occasionally, then you are missing out on the folksy GunBlog-stylings of Jeff, Boge, and Greg Quinn.\u00a0 In this video, on-air talent Jeff, whose double-pony-tailed beard is his trademark, talks about different shotgun rounds and demonstrates birdshot as a viable home defense load in a shotgun. 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