A quick Google search shows birdshot has an effective rang on the order of 40 - 50 yards. Now, you still have to be competant with a shotgun, but the public perception of shotguns is generally skewed. They have a much tighter spread and longer range than movies and games would have one believe.

Well, they’ve been together for at least 24 years so idk?

My next door neighbor is a stay at home dad what are you on about?

Mildly fitting though. “Ecological collapse is imminent; please buy more products.”