Birdshot for self defense

 The author writes about the limits of birdshot, I set my shotgun up with birdshot for the first shot, then follow up rounds are Fed  Tactical . My thought is if the press forward then they are serious, and need to really shot, but the vast majority of criminals are looking for an opportunity, not a fight.  If the birdshot drives them out, I'm inclined to think my life will be much simpler, than having a leaking corpse in my livingroom