For home defense, anything past a double action only, .38 revolver with hollow points, is over kill. They can sit for years, with no attention, and anyone can very quickly figure out to use them. The political schism is if any one needs a military weapon. I use to think they didn't, till the pandemic, and Jan 6th. So some military weapons got pulled out during the pandemic, and some got pulled out after Jan 6th, but they have all now, been put away in deep storage again. Back down to that one gun, a simple double action revolver, that can last in the drawer forever, till called upon.
No one, and I mean, no one, ever needed anything more, to fend off a home invasion by one or two crazy persons with a knife.
They were invited in, as any good Canadian Native of the Cree would do.