What Is The Ideal Home Defense Pistol Setup? 

A good indoor guard dog is one of the first lines of home protection, both for detection and alert, fearlessness in the face of threats, and the fear a bark or growl puts into the heart of an invader. They won't know if you've got one, or a couple of dogs, and that extra time the canine buys you are precious seconds to get armed and positioned.

I believe the ideal defense pistol, regardless of role, is the one you’re most familiar with. It baffles my mind why people have a different pistol for different roles, especially if they’re different manual of arms. Very few people are truly capable of becoming masters of multiple platforms, and when the moment of crisis comes you will not just rise to the occasion. You will always default to the last level of training you mastered.

The best is whatever you've trained on and become effective with!!!!

I'd love a video on how to stage your how for home defense while keeping things easy to access, but also safe for kids. I'd love to hear more about Kaydi's gun in every room, I know she has kids too.

BEST HOME DEFENSE GUN. THE ONE THATS LOADED AND WITHIN REACH !!!

I personally, for myself, have my 1911 .45 ready to go. For me I like the round, I am most accurate with this gun, and this particular gun is a Sig and it has never ever had a malfunction no matter what ammo I have used. And I have a lot of guns and calibers to choose from. Has a light mounted on the rail as well.

My home defense pistol is a pretty simple one. Glock 10mm with a Streamlight and a set of Trijicon HD XR night sights. Internally I've only added an OEM minus connector and then a fluff-n-buff followed by the usual break-in and thousands of dry fire cycles. And yes, my roommate hates when I get a new pistol.

I haven't tuned in for a while, but I am really enjoying Kaydi's smile and enthusiasm. Nice to see in a gun video.

My home defense gun is the same one I conceal carry every day, everywhere, year round, without ANY problem with either comfort OR concealability. An FNX 45 Tactical with a 5.3 inch threaded barrel, suppressor height sights, a Trijicon RMR, Picatinny rail, a Streamlight TLR-2 HL G, and double stack 15 round magazine. I have it in both black & FDE, both set up the same way.

I rock a g34, suppressor sights, RMR, TLR-1hl for my handgun. For my 11.5” pistol I rock EOtech 512 in an adm 1/3 mount, DD fixed Irons, streamlight protac, and something I don’t hear many people say I have magpul coupled 30 round mags. I figure with a pistol while I’m in boxers from sleeping I won’t have a place for a backup mag for malfunctions. However on my 556 I can have a spare mag right there for malfunctions just incase, doubt I’ll really need 58 rounds (I download my mags to make it easier to insert) so it isn’t for reloads.

Sig Sauer 226 Legion RXP for me personally is pretty perfect out of the box for home defense. Swap out the barrel for a threaded, add a silencer, maybe a light, and you’re good to go.

In my mind your carry pistol should be the same as you home defense pistol. Or at the very least they should be the same type of pistol in a different size

My home defense is a 1911. 45 with extended mag, Flashlight & crimson trace laser grips that turns on the laser when you squeeze your middle finger on it

A good 10mm is excellent. Good stopping power. Better than the 9mm, or the .40. .44 special is good as well. And revolvers are reliable, easy to use and always ready to use.

Personally...I don’t mind Kaydi. She’s not trying to be something she’s not. She’s real. I appreciate that.

My home defense pistol is my good ole kimber 1911 chambered in 45 love it

I love the FN FNX .45 . YES , a flashlight , YES .

The best advice to finding your red dot is exactly what Clint said just look for your irons 1st

Shaddow Systems XR920 better be on this list

Pistols I prefer 40sw and 357 sig. Underwood ammo only

Full size handgun, flashlight and a good red-dot (but i still prefer ironsights). I'll go for a Glock 22 (40 S&W), or SIG P320 (45. ACP) both with extended mag ;)

I run a gen4 glock 22. Spartan green laser light combo, 3 dot night sights and a 22 round mag. My alternate is my sig p320 compact 45.

I believe every self defense gun should have a weapon mount light whether it's home defense or concealed carry gun. A threat may pop up in the middle of the day or after your dinner and movie date night with a loved one. Night sights aren't what they're made out to be. Yes, you can line up your sights but if it's pitch black you won't be able to get a positive ID without a light. With a good weapon light, you can see your irons even if they're basic non night sights.

😂😂you go Kaydi!

My M18 with a light. It's 'only' 40 lumen, but for my small apartment, it is quite blinding, reflecting off the white sheetrock in the dark. The tritium sights are also helpful.

Home defense pistol is my EDC...Springfield 10mm elite. Back up is a glock twenty. I do need a light though

Example story here, so you survived a home invasion or whatever event in the middle of the night after the 8 shots you fired and a few shots fired from them as they fled from inside your house, congrats, you survived but now you have major hearing loss and crippling tinnitus the rest of your life. Suppressor is a must in a home defense set-up for me.

Please make a shirt that says Red glowy thing xD great video guys!

As to the intro of the video. I do personally keep an MP5 clone at my bedside. It stays in the range bag til time go night night.

Is the topic concealed carry or home defense. Concealed carry = minimalist. Home defense = bell + whistles Btw.

Flashlight, red/green dot, and extended magazine. That's about all you should need. Anything else is unnecessary fluff.

My nightstand pistol - Glock 19 Gen 5 MOS / standard height Trijicon HD night sights/ Holosun SCS Grn dot / TLR 7 streamlight / +5 Shield Arms extended mag (21 rounds total).

I've got my Hellcat OSP with Holosun and Olight on it in the drawer next to me. Plus Hyve extended mags. But that's my carry gun and it's just to get me to something better. Like my 870 loaded with buckshot.

Thanks to y'all's guidance and great coverage on firearms I am going to purchase my first full size pistol today! It's gonna be a shadow systems xr920 black frame slide and threaded barrel👍

I love that Clint goes Simple Jack for all the stuff on 1 gun. I'm in a glass house over here bc that also mmmuu muuu makes me hhaaaappy

I miss seeing Katie on the show. Those two were like brother and sister.

Awesome video! Beretta A4 with 18 rounds, solid for Home Defense 👌🏻.

A .357 or .38 Special is perfectly adequate for home defense. The best part of these videos is Alek and Kaydi roasting Clint.

Sharks with fricking lazer beams. The latest in home defence!

Bone stock Glock 17 with a surefire 500 lumens, tritium sights and speer gold dots. Simple and reliable.

Kaydi is hilarious , I am a big believer in a flashlight, however if it’s on my weapon doesn’t it give a point of aim knowing I’m directly behind it to the bastard(s) invading my home. I’m a better shot with my 40cal. Glock 22 with trijcon night sights with one hand anyway the other holding my flashlight . I practice that way. All that said I have a 12gauge Mossberg with low recoil 8 pellet “00”for home defence , recommend taking martial arts training and knife fighting training as well. What are all your thoughts on gun mounted flashlights ?

Love “Red glowy thing”!!!!!

I think it’s really a matter of like others have said; what you’re comfortable with. However, If you want to kinda take a logical approach to “best,” I agree with the statement that more ammo = better, you also want to make sure you have a pic rail and I think one of the most important aspects, going opposite from concealed carry, a heavier gun is better. I keep an IWI Jericho 941F for home defense, one of the newer ones. 17+1, great trigger (under 4lbs) and because of the slide that sits low in the frame plus the fact that it weighs like twice as much as my 92x, the thing shoots like a .22. Couple that with a 5” barrel and HST +P ammo and she’s one hot momma 😎 It’s a really fun range toy too, pretty much a CZ75, but cheaper to buy and in my opinion, looks a lot cooler.

Lights are mandatory, lasers and red dots are super helpful but not as required imo(light can also be your point of aim within reason), and I agree that while NFA items are cool and I will be buying one in a month or three, I kinda worry about ever seeing it again if God forbid I end up having to use one.

This was almost too cringy to watch

Hornady +p hollow points and a flash light called it a day (canik elite combat)

Kaydi has a killer smile...

"Red glowy thing" HAS to be the secret word for the next giveaway

I have my love for 10mm Glock 20 with a 6inch barrel from KKM. 180 grain is perfect sweet spot for 10mm.

I’ve got my home defense gun figured out. If I could customize my enemy’s gun, I would definitely put a light on it.

Simple setup, Glock 20 with night sights and light. Practice enough and the tool becomes part of you and aiming comes naturally. Load the first 7 rounds with 125 or 135 gr and the rest with 180 gr hollowpoint bullets. Ammo from either DoubleTap or Underwood.

In the market for my first gun now. Primarily for home defense and it might come in the car with me as well. ATM I'm leaning sig m18 and swapping to a wilson combat grip module. For now I'd feel better having a manual safety, I think it'll be good to learn that battery of arms. Then when I feel more comfortable and take some proper classes, guns without a safety I'll feel more comfortable with. That said I'm not against not having one either, as I know some have trigger safeties. I live in a 1 bedroom apartment and alone. My goal is at least 3 guns in the house in the 3 major areas so I always have one in reach.

Lasers tend to wash out at much shorter ranges than people expect. Especially red lasers. Red dots(and green dots) tend to not wash out at distance. So that’s a benefit

My ideal home defense pistol is actually my PMR-30 with light/green laser combo and my holosun dot. While 22WMR may not be regarded as the best home defense round, I have never had a misfire or failure with this firearm, I am frighteningly accurate with it and the 30 round mag is double the capacity of many 9mm handguns. And, my wife can use it just as effectively as I do.

Katie is so freaking cute, in the most respectful way possible.

Anything Glock 19 or 17 size with a light works and can be concealed carried too.

in my opinion it’s better to have more and not need it then to have not enough so personally i have a sight and flashlight that doubles as a laser on my pistol/handgun/sidearm

Lots of " laughs at own joke" so fun!

Why would one choose internal hammer over striker and vice versa?

My setup is a Glock 20 10mm, Streamlight TLR-1 , Leupold Deltapoint micro optic and a KKM barrel. Sig Sauer V-Crown 1300fps 180gr. 600Ft-lbs muzzle energy, manageable recoil and guaranteed hollowpoint expansion at the rated velocities. 15rds of Bear killing fury, pray for anyone who breaks in....

If someone breaks into your house in the middle of the night you grab your pistol; turn its light on, identify the threat, and point and shoot until the threat is no longer a threat. Engagement distances inside a house are probably 20 ft or less. If the homeowner has time to line up their sights, great, but you have to assume the bad guy entered your house at the ready, and you might not have time to go through all the steps you take while at the range.

Can you please do a similar video for those of us who live in blue states :( where we can only have 10 rounds and no threaded barrels? I especially wonder how a 10 round limit effects the 9mm vs .45 ACP debate as one of the major advantages of 9mm is typically capacity.

I would actually love to have a good pistol caliber carbine "suppressed" with a red dot sight and a flashlight for home defense.

The best pistol for home defense is the one that is handiest. Stage guns throughout the home in safes (I recommend the SV500 Speed Vault) of varying calibers. I can fight from any room in my home. 1911 .45 in the living room, .380 in the kitchen, 40 S&W in the office and my Ruger American 9mm with 17 rounds and a 12 round reload next to my bed along with my 9mm EDC on my dresser. Plan ahead. Do your best not to be a tactitard. Fancy is not always better. Yeah, boomer lady here. Just don't count on being able to get to one weapon or multiple weapons in one place. A light is good for the gun next to the bed. But a red-dot may get you killed from the distraction in the moment in the dark. KISS. The red glowey thing may not work for you if you are just waking up and can't decide in the moment which eye to use. Learn your iron sites. Besides, odds are with a light on it and in such close proximity you won't really want to spend time aiming that critically. Point and shoot. You can have sleep in your eyes and still take out that shadow approaching you. And lasers in that situation are far inferior to a bright light. They have no ability to blind the threat thus giving you time to get first shot on target. Glocks, the Volvo of pistols. And the Ruger PC Charger is a winner for home defense. The mongoose of 9mm carbines in my opinion. I live is a relatively small house so a full sized AR-15 is too much. I leave my AR-15, AR-10 and AK-47 in my large safe for other types of confrontations. No one should be even a little fan of FMJ for any kind of defense except for the SHTF defense. Always use hollow points. Thanks guys. I enjoyed watching the video. Love how you guys cut up and have fun.

using a deagle in your house seems only like a good idea if you also want to renovate your house after using it.

For home defense, my CZ P10 F 45 auto and/or Walther PPQ 45, both 13+1 capacity, are the primary handguns at ready.

As the old saying goes "50AE! For that home invasion robber, who is hiding behind the refrigerator, in the garage, in your neighbors house!"

I always crack up at the posts that say I only have my pistol to get to my AR. 99% of the time you’ll either have eliminated the threat or the threat eliminated you before the need for the AR. And if you need an ar for in house issues, you must have some long corridors and a huge house. Seconds matter and you running to find another weapon is not the smartest thing to do when you should have a perfectly good loaded pistol already in hand.

Good info and thoughts. Never really considered a can on a pistol for home defense but you made a good point about the flash. I have explained to my wife several times to realize if she ever had to use a firearm inside to be prepared for the ringing ears and not being able to hear so I would think this may also be a benefit to consider having the can installed? I use my CC weapon (SIG P229 Legion) for my home defense but now you have my interest in other options triggered, especially the red glowy thing....haha I enjoy the clean discussions and positive energy from you all. God Bless!

I love your show. Kaydee is great. Good add. I think a silencer isn't good for home defense. I want everyone to hear the shots and call the police. Not hide the sound. Especially in a small space

When Clint put that silencer on that 45, the first thing that entered my mind was " You got sling points on that thing, you gonna need a sling on that monster." I always believe that you need a light and laser for home defense. You can put the dot on the target faster than looking for your front sight or red dot. You can take your shot quicker once you have identified target is a threat and fire. Every tool has its use in different situations. I even put lasers on my ARs. If you need it and not have it its a problem. If you have it and not need it its a good day or night.

Ok hear me out. Top five fight. Clint, Alek, AND Kaydi!

Kaydi is the cutest gun tuber.

My ideal home defense handgun is the Beretta 92s I picked up a few years ago when they were offered. I pair it with an old-fashioned handheld flashlight. 115 grain hp. It's not flashy, but it works. .

Use the suppressor...take it off before the po show up. You probably have 20mins to a half a day before they show up.

Only have one all I can afford. It’s my carry and home defense it’s a kimber R7mako Came with night sights and optic.

For my handgun home defense I use the same gun that I carry which is my P365. But I also would and have used my G19/4 for a home defense handgun.

Y’all bangin on the low low huh👀 never seen a girl giggle more sheeesh

I live in a castle surrounded by open land,the perimeter is patrolled by attack dogs and I keep a bazooka under my bed and keep a flamethrower at my port cullis. Now the post office says they won’t deliver my mail no more.

My mind is made up! I will be installing A "red glowy thing" on my Glock 21. THANK YOU, KAYDI! 🤣

Y’all have matching wedding bands👀

A concealed carrier OWL would be a good video

My home defense gun is a G3c 15rd mag with RMR and a red laser. And if needed my M&P 15 is at hand with green laser and light mounted and a2 irons with binary trigger and 100rd drum.

My BIG .45 , night sites and flashlight….simple

Sounds like a Clint vs Kaydie Top 5 in the future

XD9 mod 2 service model and Win 1300 ready to go.

She’s hilarious love her lol good comeback Clint. 1 is none 2 is 1 lol

Any port in a storm... but if I had my choice... FN FiveseveN, Trijicon red dot... Olight Balder Pro flashlight green laser. And... 1,500+ rounds of military ammo.❤️

Im only here for Kaydi!! So Clint scoot aside while she talks😂😭😂 keep it up classic firearms team👍🏽👍🏽

I have been very pleasantly surprised with Canik quality. I actually have one with a light as my bedside handgun. I also have other options.... but that one is the most easily available at night.

"The best is whatever you're comfortable with and have most success with!" When you're a gun person you do this with so many firearms that it becomes difficult to just pick one. Cut the cliche or don't click on the video lol

Glocks and Big feet go together well .

Kaydi seems to be a sweetheart. But, she belongs on the Disney channel or similar channel. Alek’s absence on this vid is hurtful!

Okay, when Katie pulls out the big ol hand cannon at the start, I had to rewatch it a couple of times....that was just awesome...

9mm/45acp HP/defense rounds only, you dont want to shoot any loved ones through walls - extended magazine from a reputable company - reliable flashlight either handheld or mounted - red dots are preference but not necessary for sure stay safe ladies and gentlemen

Canik Mete all the way! It's our home defense pistol! Love it!

My perfect home defense gun is my Beretta 92. Mostly because it's the only one I currently have and am most used to

I was at the range the other day and the guy next to me was looking for tools to adjust his red dot (He was an older gentleman with a brand new Sig 9 with a red dot p365 or whatever), sorry i don't know all the designations for this one. I looked for some tools but didn't have any, he says he's good, and is using the file off nail clippers to adjust his red dot. I was waiting for background check on a new pistol i wanted, and was using my XD40 Sub. that i have been struggling with(Snappy}.He let me look through his red dot and i was amaised When i looked through the reticle, I found the dot instantly. First time looking through a red dot. but my new Canik Rival feels like cheating it's so good, I feel like I don't need a dot or anything for it. lights or whatever

That fn tac .45 is amazing. It shoots so well and soft my wife and I both love it! My first fn and first .45

Lasers can be hard to see, when suffering from adrenaline rush and the "wake up" eye strain.