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Lighting and your phone are your best defense against criminals. Unless you carried a gun professionally and trained monthly, or have been a shooter all of your life, I would suggest you are better off not bringing one into your home now. The accident rate seems astronomical unless the above 2 conditions are met.

I carried for 25 years every day and got rid of my guns at the end of my former career. That was almost 20 years ago and I have never regretted my decision. Shooting and gun handling is a perishable skill and unless you are willing to make a significant time investment into learning & maintaining that skill set, better off without a gun in the house. Now, that assumes you are not in anyway involved in anything shady that would attract criminals to your home or you don't live in an area with a high crime rate. If I lived in an urban (crime ridden) area, I would reevaluate my decision.