Whaddya Use? SG, Rifle, or Handgun for HD?

[Catbird]

I live in an apartment in an urban area.

I keep a Sig 9mm bedside for unexpected visitors and checking out noises in the middle of the night. It's easier to conceal and less likely to startle the neighbors. If I know there's trouble, I'll take the Mossberg 12 gauge loaded with 00 buck.

[Netpackrat]

The answer is yes.

ditto.

[Greg]

The answer is yes.

ditto.

Only 2 for 3 right now. Suburbs, apartment.

[JKosprey]

I use an AR because the Army has made me extremely comfortable with it, but I'm aware it's not the best choice, there are people living fairly close. I don't have a shotty set up for HD at the moment though. With the corners and stairs the way they are at my house, a handgun would really be best, but that's a non-option. I have a feeling that were my home ever invaded, there is really only a very small set of circumstances that I would, and could safely fire.

[skb12172]

+1 on the canine security system. I refer to mine as the four-legged early warning system. He's very friendly, but barks at everything...especially at night. That's fine with me. I don't want a Cujo, just a head's up.

[Aegis]

There's a loaded .30-06 in my closet, but God save me if I need 15 rounds of '06 for anything.

15 rounds? Split up into how many magazines? That seems an odd number to me, for some reason.

[Precision]

I have the 9mm full sized on my night stand.
the GF has MY .40 full sized in her night stand.
Shotgun in the closet loaded with #4 buck -- with 00 and rifled slugs in the bandolier (just in case)

The gun safe is now decorating the living room (at her suggestion) so I no longer have quick access to the SKS. But by the time I unload the 9mm / she unloads the .40 / and I unload 5 rounds of #4 buck, 2 rounds of 00 buck and 3 slugs ... what ever invaded the house BETTER be down.

[Lokidude]

There's a loaded .30-06 in my closet, but God save me if I need 15 rounds of '06 for anything.

15 rounds? Split up into how many magazines? That seems an odd number to me, for some reason.

2, in a Remington 760. An aftermarket 10 rounder that's proven surprisingly reliable, the factory 4 rounder, and one halfway run into the chamber. It's a pretty effective little boomstick, and runs pretty quick.

[JKosprey]

There's a loaded .30-06 in my closet, but God save me if I need 15 rounds of '06 for anything.

15 rounds? Split up into how many magazines? That seems an odd number to me, for some reason.

2, in a Remington 760. An aftermarket 10 rounder that's proven surprisingly reliable, the factory 4 rounder, and one halfway run into the chamber. It's a pretty effective little boomstick, and runs pretty quick.

Almost bought one, but the shop that had the 760 was closed and I ended up with a Savage. I do love the Savage but I will always wonder what might have been...

[442nd Dinochrome]

We are WAY out in the sticks at the end of a mile-and-a-half dirt road. My little wolf-pack
is my early warning system, but we also have motion detectors coupled to floodlights on the
houses and barn. I keep a Stevens 311 12-guage double loaded with #4 shot by the bed and
a S&W 9MM in the bedside table. The long arms are in the closet nearby; the 98 Mauser is
kept loaded and the bayonet fixed.

My sister has a Luger and a carbine at her house.

Hardly anybody knows we're down here except the Sheriff and the UPS man.