Moralem and Lee's Landing Billy's posts above make a lot of sense to me. If you do not want one or see the need for one just don't buy one. I have used many different short barreled shotguns in the last 50+ years and quite frankly these "civilian legal" witness protection shotguns most certainly have a place in the "tool box". You just need to practice the same way you do with any firearm you have for serious reasons. To each his own opinion but don't make light of someone else's just because you don't happen to see the need. As I said before ,it is just another tool in the box and just as I have multiple hammers, saws , screw drivers and one hell of a lot of wrenches, I also have a couple of shockwaves, both Mossberg and Remington, and I will be adding one of the new 20 Ga. Remingtons , and yes they are not hard to shoot effectively.