Home defense? A hi cap auto pistol is superior, you carry it in a holster on the premises, you have it at hand when you need it. That's why they are preferred over a carbine or shotgun.
That old cliche that a pistol is what you have while you fight your way to a rifle? That's the point - nobody carries the rifle all day except an Infantryman in combat. Our early forebears here in American may have hung one over the fireplace, but considering the huge size of them in the day and that they were likely huddled up for warmth near it - it was at hand. Kept the powder a bit drier, too.
Nonetheless, the saber was carried, too, and a lot more often in peaceful times because of brigands and highwaymen.
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So I plan to add a light, laser, red dot, and foregrip as well as adjustable stock.
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Adjustable stocks on AR's don't make you a better shooter, and they don't shorten them very much for storage, but they are twice the price of fixed. ON a $ per MOA basis, or even improving the hit ratio, they basically don't return anything for the expense. Foregrip? Same. Red dot AND laser? Use one or the other, but both is expensively redundant, again, no improvement for the significant increase in cost. And - most shoots in HD are at less than 20 feet, nearly point blank range. Light? Those take a lot of practice - and not at a range, but one in a dark shoot house where you learn what works and what doesn't. That kind of training doesn't come cheap, and the prerequisite is lots of shooting and training beforehand. It's an add on to a grounded skill set already established.
Put the money in a quality AR without the toys and shoot it enough to be good with it, preferably from good instructors. Otherwise, for HD, a Glock and a quality flashlight would do as well for half the money. As for an AK or SIG, check carefully, most of the better shooters in competition who have a choice don't. There's a reason for that, they want to win, and the AR helps them do that more quickly and accurately.
Of the three, it's clearly the professional's choice.