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On 7/17/2024 11:22 AM, AMuzi wrote:Noting the extreme range of recommended firearms in link provided (and similar in many other 'best of'), intelligent _and informed, experienced_ people do indeed disagree.On 7/17/2024 10:03 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:Of course there are still areas of disagreement, especially in prostate cancer treatment, where "to treat or not to treat" is a legitimate question.On 7/17/2024 9:38 AM, AMuzi wrote:>On 7/16/2024 8:57 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:>On 7/16/2024 8:48 PM, John B. wrote:>>>
Yet more proof that Frankie doesn't know what he is talking about. A
shotgun fires a spray of pellets and certainly wouldn't be the best
choice in a case where the "Bad Guys" are close to the victims as
seems very likely in the above reference.
Argue with Andrew about that. He was the one who originally posted that a shotgun would be much better for home defense than an AR.
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Beyond that, I disagree with you on the applicability of a shotgun to these specific cases. But again, I'll let Andrew explain, if he cares to.
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As with concurrent discussions, 'optimal', 'adequate' and 'best' are inherently subjective.
Sorry, I have to disagree with that idea, at least in general.
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There are issues like, hairstyles, portrait paintings, pop music, car colors etc. where judgments are very subjective. People like what they like.
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There are other issues like treatment of disease, bike maintenance techniques, and (I submit) home defense, where it is or should be possible to gather real world data and determine relative effectiveness.
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You don't know what you don't know. Opinion notwithstanding.
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You mention disease treatment. If a guy has a prostate cancer diagnosis, there are widely divergent treatments available, each with their own adherents and detractors based on deleterious side effects, expense, efficacy etc. Not doing anything whatsoever can often get another twenty years before dying of something else. Everyone disagrees, including the various experts, and no one is wrong about their opinion (based on their own weighting of some or all criteria).
But let's look instead at something like, oh, bloodletting, which was once used for dozens of ailments. Or "Bach Flower Remedies," long a favorite joke of Wolfgang, in which people ... what? Smell various flowers to cure diseases? Or Homeopathy, where roughly one "active ingredient" molecule in a billion cures disease.
Some medical treatments work wonderfully. Some treatments work well a certain percentage of the time. Some treatments do not work, despite the heartfelt beliefs of their proponents - or perhaps, their salesmen.
Intelligent people don't say "Well, it's all a matter of opinion." Intelligent people rationally evaluate data. That should be true for home defense.
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