Assertion: shotgun | /r/HasProperty | preferred
Facets:
value: in operations in iraq
type: LOCATION
value: for sport hunting of birds
type: PURPOSE
value: with a frangible breaching slug
type: OTHER
value: for defending a home
type: PURPOSE
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Shotguns are sometimes preferred for defending a home or business due to their wide impact area, multiple wound tracks (when using buckshot), shorter range, and reduced penetration of walls (when using lighter shot), which significantly reduces the likelihood of unintended harm, although the handgun is also common.
text: Shotguns have long been the preferred method for sport hunting of birds, and the largest shotguns, the punt guns, were used for commercial hunting.
text: In operations in Iraq, the shotgun was the preferred method of door breaching by infantry units, ideally with a frangible breaching slug.