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The AR-15 pattern rifles make great home defense weapons with a few caveats.
Easy to mount a red dot sight and good light.
Low recoil and easy to reload quickly if needed.
Much lower risk of over penetration than other options such as handguns, shotguns or 7.62 NATO rifle with the correct ammunition selection. Hornady use to have tests available, as well as other entities showing the bullets exit the first wall in small fragments.
Noise! For anyone who has not shot indoors your unprotected hearing is in danger. Your odds of hearing damage is greater with a rifle round (higher pressure and volume) than a pistol. A suppressor certainly helps.
S/F, FOG
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