You’re stupid one, go on out into the woods moron or better yet, Chicago on a weekend and arm yourself with a gooses shot or how’s about those awesome rock salt loads, and report back how that worked out for you.
At under 6 feet (probably less), one shot of No. 4 steel load is about the equivalent as emptying a .38 into someone.
The pellets have not spread and are a solid lump going the somewhere around the speed of sound.
You said that wouldn’t do much to a person.
You are incorrect. It will blow a giant hole in a persons face.