Or wherever you keep it at the ready; what's your currently trusted long arm?

I'm curious how the statics fall out in 2018.

Question:
Is it a

Choices:
high powered rifle or SBR ?
pistol caliber carbine or SBR?
shotgun?

 

You need an ‘ All of the above’ button.

Marlin 336 ... corner of bedroom, lightly concealed.

Rifle

5.56 rifle

Pump city!

I have migrated back to a pump shotty (870) in my case.

The more I look at the realities of any real SD situation a few things stick out to me.
-Living in suburbia means any errand round is going to probably find it’s way into another house wall. A shotgun will limit that due to its much closer range of effectiveness and the spread of the pellets as range increases.

-Spending a little time in law Enforcement in an ancillary way my experience was, folks don’t take a round of 00 and generally continue a fight. They do at times take a .223 and do so. I honestly think it has less to do with energy on target and more to do with multiple simultaneous wound channels. It’s almost like a tight 9 shot SMG burst.

-the reality is needing more then a couple rounds of 00 buck is unlikely. Using a full tube of 6 or 7 should be winning the bad luck lottery. (I am in no way saying you are crazy to have a 30 round EBR at the read. More ammo is only bad if you are swimming or on fire) I am just saying that I have come to the conclusion for my personal risk level that I think 6-8 rounds of 00 should be fine.

-The shotty gives me options. Smaller buck, slugs, bird shot(I don’t recommend but I could see limited situations where it might be prudent). Etc. a rifle always gives me a rifle round.

Now don’t get me wrong, there are a whole host of disadvantages but it’s all about weighing personal pros vs cons of whatever tool you use.

AND NO, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN CLACK CLACK AS A DETERENT. THE ONLY SOUND MY SHOTGUN MAKES BEFORE FIRING IS THE SNICK OF THE SAFETY. ALSO FOR THOSE WHO READ THIS WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH SHOTGUNS.....YES VIRGINIA YOU DO ACTUALLY HAVE TO AIM.

5.45x39 goodness, currently.

rifle

300 Blackout pistol with SIG brace.

A 7.5" 300 Blackout pistol...I kept tripping over the Ma Deuce linked belts...so it had to go

These are both within reach of my bed. .45ACP and 5.56 goodies.

5.56 SBR

Shotgun.

590A1 beside the bedroom door
Beretta 92A1 in the passenger seat
Beretta 92G behind the end table beside the living room couch
S&W M10 in the utensil drawer in the kitchen
Glock 17 (gen 2) under the workbench in the garage (it's humid out there)

7.5" suppressed 300blk SBR.

Granted, it's still loud since I have it loaded with supersonic ammo.

I have some Lehigh ME subsonic ammo, but I want to try it out on deer first.

CX9.

5.56 suppressed SBR...

Literally "under" the bed, a Benelli M1 12 gauge.
Within reach, a Colt 6920 custom; even closer, a Sig P220!

Rem 870 with a red dot and WML.
At some point it will be swapped out for a Beretta 1301 with a red dot and WML.

I have all of them nearby and ready, plus small, medium and large handguns.

Loaded and not too far away are:

.308 semi-auto rifle
5.56 semi-auto carbine
9mm semi-auto carbine
9mm semi-auto pistol
.357 revolver
.40 semi-auto pistol
.44 magnum revolver
.45 semi-auto pistol
12 ga. pump

You see, I don't have any children in the house, I work from home as does my SO, so someone is always here, and my safe isn't big enough for everything, so some stuff is just ready to go.