Alright so im going to buy a shotgun when I turn eighteen, which is in about 2 months. I was thinking about getting the FN tactical police shotgun, or just a mossberg model.

Do they sell rubber bullets to civilians, and can these shotguns use them? If it comes down to self defense, i would rather not kill someone, but just drop them and call the cops.
Well here if an attacker comes at you with his hands, and you have a gun, killing him would not be self defense. If i did have a rubber bullet, i would indeed shoot him in the leg, or somewhere where i think he would not die.

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Who can tell me what is a good buy. I want it mostly as a deterrent, so pump action, and if I ever have to use it i want non-lethal. Also, are rubber batons legal in NY? I think so but not sure. Tight on funds so ideally around 200 but could go up to 3 or 4.
in response to a few answers:

-I know rubbers can be lethal, depends where you place the shot.

-I don’t have a family, It’s just for myself

-You don’t know me, I’m not a timid little guy who would be so scared he’d drop the gun and let the other guy grab it, even if its true that I don’t want to be lethal

-I can guarantee you the person is not gonna shoot me after takin a rubber bullet to the stomach.

Really its just because I live in a college neighborhood and there’s frats and mobs of people and frequent breakins to steal TVs and other petty stuff. Any one of these kids would turn and run at the sound of cocking a pump action. If I had to fire a few shots off, I don’t wanna kill the kid maybe just scare him or take out a leg.
Look, nobody can be right because it is their own opinion. I didn’t ask for opinions about if I should use rubbers. What I asked for was a good priced shotgun. I will never have to kill someone. One guy said that he has practiced taking a stomach shot and then putting a couple rounds on target – with a vest. I don’t expect he or anyone else could do that without a vest, and I don’t expect kids to come into my house with a vest on. Someone said rubbers are good for crowd control. Yes, I know exactly – That is part of what I’m concerned about. As I said, there’s often mobs of kids around my block, frats, whatever, lookin to fight someone. I almost got jumped by 10 kids the other night on my own porch. I did not say I’m not willing to take a life, I just dont wanna look for the first excuse to take one. If I want to or need to I can and will, otherwise I won’t. Thanks for the answers I think im gonna go with either a mossberg 500 (persuader) or that cheap beretta

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