Originally Posted by cybermgk

Bad guy has your loved one, arm across the loved one's neck, knife at the throat, or gun to their head. Only partial of bad guy's head is open to a shot. Feel comfortable making that shot with an AR or buck shot?

I have both a 20" 590 Mossberg (9 shot) AND an AR. I guarantee, the AR is easier to move in close quarters inside with. Additionally, with the TAP rounds it is loaded with, for home defense inside, I don't have to worry about interior wall penetration, or even penetration into the neighbor's house, 10 feet away on one side.