Have you fired a short barreled 12 gauge in a small room without ear protection? Pretty devastating ... on both ends. Or maybe you can offer the intruder a coffee while you dig out the earplugs.I've thought about using TSS T shot for home defense, but I haven't patterned them. T shot gives 24 pellets per ounce and I'd consider that better odds than 9 or 10 pellets of 00BUCK. If you step down to #2's you get 54 pellets per ounce, meaning 108 for the loads you are looking at!