What's your "Go To" HD firearm?

This is my Gock 21. It's a full size .45 auto. For PD I load with either 230gr Speer Gold Dot or 230gr Hornady Critical Defense. It sleeps on my night table when at home and rides with me in the console of my F-150 on road trips. I generally carry it's little brother, my G36 (compact .45) IWB, OWB or shoulder depending upon weather and situation.
 

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Model 19-5 4" on the night stand with a Stoeger M2000 in the window sill behind the curtains. As has been said here already I also have a 442 stashed away in the bathroom because nothing would be worse than someone breaking in while I was in the shower. ;)
 
A Ruger SR9c. It is what I train to carry, so I figure that is the best weapon for me to pick up for defense.

I keep some .38 spl hollow points handy in case I need my model 10 in a pinch.
 
I keep my .40 cal's handy.

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This is my everyday carry and SHTF late night response system.

Ruger LCR .357 Magnum with Winchester PDX1 Defender 125 grain JHP

Note: this is not my gun but looks just like my gun. I don't have a way to set up my own pictures yet.

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There are few things in life that cannot be fully resolved with artillery.
 
For us it would really depend on what part of the house we're in. If you are talking a bump in the night my go-to is a Hi Point 9mm carbine and my wifes is a S&W 6906. Being in other parts of the house when the incident happens may result in grabbing a 38 Special, 380, 40 S&W or 22 mag rifle. We're not really paranoid, it just kind of sounds that way.
Nice,same here with the 995TS Carbine!4 10 round magazines loaded with Hornady Critical Defense.I have a few of the ProMag 15 rd magazines,but I don't really rely much on them for home defense.We also have a security system with a warning sign outside as a deterrent.The Hi-Point Carbines do get a bad rap among some gun communities ,but mine has worked flawless and eats up every kind of 9mm I have fed it.
 
To unbrkn: is Detroit still considered part of the US? The pictures that have been showing on TV and in the newspapers about Detroit make it look like post WWII in the cities of Germany, plus you have the added attraction of a high crime rate. I think if I lived there I would be doing my best to find a way to move out.

That's the plan, but you can move out of the city but the city can also move. More "Detroit Crime" actually happens in the Metro areas(since people who live outside of the city actually report crimes.)
 
Mossberg 500, loaded first with rock salt, 2nd with buckshot, and 3rd with a slug. It is easily accessible right by my bed stand, and blends with the wife's decor nicely lol.
 
Rock salt? The purpose of the shotgun is to stop the threat, not to apply the base for a dry rub.

Watching too much Kill Bill maybe?

I've got a Sig 1911 with laser sight near the bed, an M&P15 Sport loaded the the hilt in the closet and a riot 12 gauge with some 00 buck as a backup.
 
Mossberg 500 leaning against the wall next to the headboard, shell in the chamber. I figure even in the middle of deep sleep induced, bleery - eyed haze, I can do some damage to a BG without worrying about a stray round going down the street to visit my neighbors.
City says " No way " to claymores.
 
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686+P Three inch with 158 gr LHP. Plus a 12 gauge pump and side by side coach gun.
Bird shot then buck.

Then there is what ever may be closer to my hand or on my belt.
 
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My current nightstand gun is a Glock 23 with TFO sights and an extra mag. I have had it since 2004 and it has been 100% reliable during that time frame. My home alarm is "Chopper", he is my five pound, long hair Chihuahua. Has ears like a deer and a bark like a chainsaw.

Since I had an attempted home invasion about a year or so ago, I also have a HK USP .45, a Glock 19 and a GP100 in different locations around the house. I will not get caught unprepared again.

There was a home invasion about a half mile from my house about a month ago. Long story short, the homeowner unloaded a Glock 17 on them. One was mortally injured but made it back to their getaway car. His fellow perpetrator dumped his lifeless body at a animal hospital about a mile away. The good guys won that time.
 
Winchester 1300 defender at bed post, Glock 19 with 2 extra mags on night stand and Sigma underneath bed with an extra mag. I sleep really well ;)
 
I don't remember the exact quotation, but when Randy Johnson was asked what he did for home defense, he said a kept a bucket of baseballs near his bed. He said he wasn't sure if he could hit somebody by firing a gun but he had proven time and time again that he could do it with a baseball!
 
Smith & Wesson 3953 with Winchester 147 gr T Series or 686 with .357 158 gr Gold Dots.
 
My Mossberg 590 holds 8 but I keep 6 in the tube...2 #4 Buck followed by four 00 Buck...slugs in side saddle...i don't load it all the way in case I need a slug to begin with...:)

BTW, I just took off my 2+2 speed feed stock 3 days ago and put on a Hogue 12" LOP...much handier and quicker to shoulder....and a side saddle works much better for me than that speed feed stock....:)

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Handgun de jour on the bedside table, a SIG 226 or the Model 19 usually but sometimes the HK P7. The Mossberg loaded with 000 buckshot is in the entryway closet.
 
Mossberg 500 on my side and M&PC .357sig on the wife's side. BG in the safe on the floor next to me.
 
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