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For many years shotguns were the long guns of choice for law enforcement agencies. Today, many police departments have turned in these trusty scatterguns for AR-15s. Personally, I believe this is a big mistake—the option of a shotgun in a tactical situation is important. As such, here are three reasons shotguns outperform AR-15s in the realm of law enforcement.

Rifle scopes sit on a shelf at TrackingPoint’s facility in Pflugerville, Texas, which opened in 2013. (Photo: Statesman)

Eric with IV8888 gets a some in-depth trigger time in with the IWI Tavor SAR 5.56mm bull-pup over the course of a year.

The Tavor in the past few years has made in-roads to the U.S. civilian market and is currently in use with the Israeli Defense Forces. Of course Eric’s is a civilian model but is very nicely equipped with a Meprolight M21 reflex sight with 3x magnifier, Geissele aftermarket internals, and a AAC SDN-6 suppressor inside heat wrap.

And he runs it through a good old urban combat course, Georgia-style.

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National Rifle Association hats at a public event.

Gov. Jerry Brown has a choice to make in the coming week about adding gun bans to a number on minor crimes. (Photo: Max Whittaker/The New York Times)

The Guns America gang met up with Daniel Shaw, a former Marine combat arms instructor, and got his feedback on looking down while reholstering.

Shaw, with the Funker Tactical crew, makes a good point that largely refutes the familiar trope you often hear in combat shooting classes.

That pesky logic. Always pops up when you least expect.

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Rasheed Abdul Aziz was still wearing camo, tactical gear and carrying a gun when deputies found him. (Photo: Smith County Sheriff’s Office)

These signs at the Houston Zoo are now an endangered species, bordering on extinction. (Photo: Texas Law Shield)

Four men were indicted on felony gun charges in West Palm Beach thanks to an increase in police presence following a recent spike in crime, the Justice Department announced Monday.

Thumb placement on a revolver is necessarily different than a semi-auto, though training incorrectly for one grip can affect the other. (Photo: Eve Flanigan)

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An off-duty officer with the Temple Police Department was arrested last week at a gathering of law enforcement officials in El Paso after he grabbed a server, then fired his gun after the advances did not go as he envisioned.