Yup, the shotgun DOES kick.
...but if all you really need it for is the Big & Scary part, the possibility of MAYBE getting backed down the hall is a very good trade off.
(I’ve only had one occasion to use one...somebody broke in about twenty years ago and I greeted him/them in the kitchen with an old 12ga double. Didn’t do much but point that thing at ‘em, the dude(s) left at extreme high speed and might be running yet. Sure made a mess running through that screen door.....)
LOL! That’s a convincing story...