[guppy11]

Right now have a cz 75 in 9mm with 14 round clip on my dresser and mini 14 with 30 round clip next to the bed. hopefully will be adding a light to mini soon. i have thought about adding an 870 as you mentioned.

 

[guppy11]

a shot gun for home defence is hard to beat. its hard to mistake the sound of a shot guns slide closeing. as for if some one wants to push there luck i got the 44 mag loaded with shot shells. i realy dont want to risk the shotgun shels punching through the wall into my kids room, but i know the 44 w/ shot shells wont punch through the wall and it will mess up an intruders night.

Might want to read up on research done on over penetration in close quarter combat. Handguns have the most danger of penetrating several walls due to low velocity the bullets don't expand, the hollow point plugs up with material. .223 caliber rifles are great home defense because the high velocity cause bullets to expand violently. See threads on comments about ballistic tip bullets and what happens at close range at high velocity. Of course if you use ballistic tips, soft nose or even hollow points it is safer than full metal jackets when using the .223