blackhawk2000
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If you get a good torso hit with a load of 00 buck, the thug is going down, nobody can withstand that kind of trauma. The muzzle energy on most 00 buck loads is around 1300 ft lbs, that will knock someone flat on his a**.
Also not true. First of all if it knocked the thug down, it would knock you down too. Simple physics. Secondly if the thug isn't dead he could still be a threat. He won't die until he bleeds out. Too many people think just because they shoot someone, they are going to quit. This isn't TV. People can/have get/gotten shot in the heart with slugs, and live/d long enough to kill you.
2) simplicity of operation
How is a gun where you have to perform a pumping operation simpler than an autoloader?
3) reliability, pump shotguns very rarely fail.
People without a lot of practice short stroke pumps all the time.
ETA: 00 buck isn't quite like getting shot with (9) 9MM bullets at the same time. How much does each pellet weigh? I'm guessing less than the average 9MM bullet. Also they are round, and 9MM is conical. I have no idea if round bullets do more damage than conical.