I'll start at the back and work my way up.
Rule #4) Identify your target, and what is behind it.
Before pulling the trigger, a shooter has a duty to positively identify their target and what is beyond. It doesn't matter if you're hunting deer, or responding to a home defense situation.
Hollywood does a horrible job of portraying the destructive power of a rifle, pistol or shotgun load. Bullets rarely stop on the first thing they impact (except perhaps for a steel plate, then there's a ricochet, etc etc etc..) - rather they'll continue through to expend their kinetic energy on items behind the intended target.
Keep this in mind before you decide to pull that trigger on the pop can or target board -- whats your backstop look like?
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