One of the more common self-defense myths is that once you buy a firearm, just about any ammunition in a chosen caliber will do. A Marine veteran named Dan Reynolds—I’m guessing not an infantryman—was armed with a 12-gauge shotgun when a home invader tried to come through his window. He stopped the home invasion, but not the home invader. He grabbed his 12-gauge shotgun, went to investigate and says he did not hesitate to pull the trigger when he saw a man in a hoodie climbing in through the shattered window.

“He’s not robbing me. He didn’t say anything. I didn’t say anything. I …read more