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Thank you all. I plan on starting to call some local ranges after work tonight. (I don't want to be overheard calling about shotguns at work.)

Edit: Some more info.

My wife has never shot a gun. She has always been opposed to having one in the house--until this week. She doesn't like the idea, but would feel safer knowing we were able to protect ourselves as a last resort. We both fear potential misuse, and our guard against that would be to keep the gun locked--which would make it useless for a break-in.

Her father owns one gun, but it is very old and probably not capable of firing without a major rehaul. He does not own any amunition. My grandfather has 3-4 guns. (Former U.S. Army and New Jersey cop.) I will eventually inherit all of them. As such, we have guns coming our way some day.