Firearms Correction

Will would like me to inform my readers that he received a rifle for his birthday, not a shotgun, as I reported earlier. I know what a handgun is, but if it's long, it's a shotgun to me! I don't know how to tell the two apart. At any rate, Will wants my readers to know that he has owned his own rifle for several years now and is a proficient marksman with it. Ok, he didn't really say that - I'm just doing a little motherly bragging. At any rate, should an intruder break into our home - I'm well protected! So now you know...