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All very good points.Every choice is a compromise. I'd only use a pistol if I couldn't reach my carbine first. Punching holes in paper tends to make one over confident. Nobody knows just exactly how a home invasion is going to go down but I'd bet my lilly white bubblegum I wont be standing in my hallway with safety glasses, earmuffs, and adjusting my stance while my heart is pumping piss. It will be terrifying and traumatic, that much I'm certain.
I'm not the only one in the house. My wife and 12 year old son better be able to defend the home and themselves in my absence and they stand a much better chance with a carbine than a handgun or shotgun. The latter two would definitely end up in misplaced shots or worse. 9mm is a better than average cartridge for a pistol and doubly so for a carbine. There are loads of good defensive rounds to choose from, practice AMMO is relatively cheap, recoil is not intimidating, and most of all because 9mm is the number one choice of professional action movie directors.
Next there's the matter of indoor shooting without a suppressor. .22LR isn't fun without hearing protection, I don't have an NFA stamp but if I did I would still choose 9mm and 6-8" barrel would be the ticket. In fact I tried to get an 8" upper but for some odd reason they seem scarce. Maybe the 11" drops a decibel.
If I accidentally shoulder my buffer tube defending my family, we all live, and the feds come for me, I'll face the music.
I met a lady that bought a little PC Charger from Ruger and only put a laser on it. Her thinking was pistols are too much recoil and holding it forward was difficult. She was much better at holding the little Charger with two hands down by her hip in a relaxed way and using the laser as an aiming device. Others laughed until she put 9/10 in the A from 25 yards.