Can a 28-inch-long, 15-round shotgun be used for sporting purposes? Of course it can. But is it ideal in the field?
Without question the short barrel improves the shotgun’s mobility in the woods, but is it a detriment to the load’s velocity, and therefore energy?
A Washington state man recently arrested for the illegal discharge of a firearm tried to tell police that he'd been adhering to the Vice President's rather questionable self-defense advice.