Heh. If you want quiet, read up on the DeLisle Carbine (designed for special forces to remove sentries and that kind of thing; doesn't seem to be any louder than somebody clapping) and the soviet PSS (uses a special sealed cartridge where the powder forces a piston which in turn rams the bullet, so that none of the powder gasses leave the cartridge; almost totally silent).

Neither are really available on the open market, but they are fascinating pieces of engineering. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Those soviet PSS pistols are really cool.

Next to my bed I have a .45 (EAA Witness), a Benchmade Nimravus, and 2 flashlights: a 3 D Cell Maglight and a 2 AA Fenix that I am really starting to love.

One addition I would like to make is a Winchester 1300 defender with a mounted light. That would be my perfect home defense gun...

Fenix is sure getting popular. Is there advantages over surefire ?

I don't own any fenix lights but I keep an EagleTac flashlight and a Makarov at my bedside. As for advantages, both EagleTac and Fenix use Cree led bulbs instead of incandescent lamps like SureFire. Also Led's consume less power than Incans.

Performance for the money was the main factor for me. (no surprise I am hear at Scrapyard) I don't own a surefire, so I can't compare...

I have been using a Fenix L1D Light for over a year.
I have the Premium Q5 (superbright)model.
I also have a 2 AA body and a 1 cell cr123 body.
The light is very very well made and an excellent value.
Ive had no problems since I got it,and I do use it just
about every day.
NFI in the company,just a happy customer.

These still get issued...or were back in Gulf War I...but are single shot closed action manual re-cocking weapons which whilst they hold rounds in a magazine are not semi auto at all.

Well, Canadaian law being more stringent on house defense firearms, I don't have one by the bedside, otherwise I'd be slapped with unsecure firearms storage.

But, if it were legal and I were to choose one of my current firearms for the task, it would be my Browning ten gauge over/under, loaded with 3 1/2" shells in 000 buck. It's got 30" barrels, so it would keep that grouping nice and tight on an intruders' centre of mass.