Shot gun all the way, easy to shoot, don't have to be accurate, and in a close up in the house fight you could use it to beat the **** out of them if necessary.If you decide to get a pistol, I prefer a glock due to no safety, reason being you will not be fiddling around in the dark with your addrenalin pumping trying to remember where the safety is.I just do not load a shell in the chamber till I'm ready to shoot if for safety reasons.