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The video below is about an active shooter at Seattle Pacific University in 2014. The attacker shoots the 19 year old student, Sarah Williams, in the chest with birdshot at close range. She was able to walk away and collapsed as she was trying to exit the building. She was hospitalized later that day, underwent surgery, and was released from the hospital a week later.
In a home defense scenario, you need to stop the thread fast. This example shows that birdshot is not a good choice. The victim was lucky in this case that the attacker didn't understood terminal ballistics. There are many home defense shotgun ammunition discussion threads on the Internet and in this very forum. There is almost always someone recommending birdshot, because it doesn't go through interior walls. That someone is then justifying his ammunition choice with the claim that birdshot will still somehow stop the thread. This video proves otherwise.
In a home defense scenario, you need to stop the thread fast. This example shows that birdshot is not a good choice. The victim was lucky in this case that the attacker didn't understood terminal ballistics. There are many home defense shotgun ammunition discussion threads on the Internet and in this very forum. There is almost always someone recommending birdshot, because it doesn't go through interior walls. That someone is then justifying his ammunition choice with the claim that birdshot will still somehow stop the thread. This video proves otherwise.
