lightfield ammo: flashbangs not flashbacks

Lightfield: a leader in less-lethal munitions

​Continuing in the spirit of non-lethal products - or more accurately "less-lethal" considering a hand-thrown baseball could potentially kill you - I'd like to give a shoutout to Lightfield Ammunition who make a variety of innovative shotshells for the humane home defender. I don't stand by the idea that we should always look to end the life of someone seeking to steal material goods and there's no way of judging an intruder's intentions in a matter of a few adrenalized seconds as we confront him/her on the stairs or our two floor home. Whether in the dim glow of night lights or the 1000 lumen glare of an on-gun flashlight, we may not be able to determine if he/she is armed. And if there's more than one of them we might glimpse that intense pant-soiling fear of being outnumbered by would-be thieves and murderers. Words are not likely to matter amidst the din of anxiety and confusion and in a couple of nanoseconds it'd be all over. In most jurisdictions we would be well within our rights to shoot live ammunition without concern of legal repercussions and the police would wrap the whole thing up tout suite. But with blood spatter up and down the walls and bone and brain fragments strewn hither and thither (and trodden by city coroners into your favorite shag rugs - those good men in blue don't provide hazmat cleaning services along with your hall pass), would you just saunter to the kitchen for a mug of hot chocolate? With marshmallow fluff? Have a lighthearted conversation with your wife and kids then all head off to bed to sleep like the just? Hmmm, somehow I doubt it.

Let's back up and imagine for a minute you don't want to kill anyone but want the most intimidating weapon available in the hopes that that alone would be sufficient repellent to your prospective home invader. Bazooka? Ah, maybe not. 12 gauge pump action shotgun? Now we're talking. The sound of cycling a 12 gauge is a considerably sobering audio akin perhaps to hearing a velociraptor grunting from behind the garden shrubbery. Most home invaders will turn tail at the sound and your evening is occupied with nothing more than filing a report. But there are and always will be exceptions to every rule and some home invaders will come complete with more sinister intentions, in which case your 12gauge pump better be primed with something on the eleven scale of shock and awe. My suggestion would be to buy the highest capacity pump you can find and load it up with three Lightfield shotshells followed by good ol' fashioned buckshot: a Nova Distraction Round for when the intruder/s is still farthest off, then an HV Star Round for some secondary pain infliction, then if they're still coming strong hit 'em with a Rubber Slug. Then have 2 or 3 live buckshot rounds at the end in case your invader proves to be a demonically persistent danger or starts shooting back: despite your humanitarian efforts you might feel justifiably resolved in a critical moment. 

Lightfield is graded a full five stars by it's satisfied customers so there's no reason to doubt the efficacy of their products. In the unfortunate event of experiencing a home invasion, I think you may just sleep better at night knowing you opted for a less-lethal solution even if in the end you had to administer the coupe de gras to someone of unwavering malfeasance. We may feel desensitized by the proliferation of slapstick TV violence but I somehow doubt it resembles all that in a real-world scenario. Just consider our veterans, who though trained for war and theoretically prepared for directly causing death, so often come back in a traumatized state; what hope have we of brushing that off like we hit a chipmunk with our tire? And to prove it, companies like lightfield have taken great pains to develop alternatives that might spare us the pain of ever finding out. http://www.litfld.com/products/home-defense/
Ed.