If I'm home and I'm going to the mailbox or I have less than 5 seconds of warning, it's usually a handgun within reach. The handgun is a very underpowered firearm, but it IS very portable.
If the situation gives me 30 seconds of warning and I think the danger is at living room or garage-width distance I'll get the shotgun in ADDITION to the handgun (tucked in my waistband). This assumes a short duration fight at the most.
If I think the danger is outside and is as far or farther than my property line, then it's a rifle day. Or, if it looks like a longer duration fight (that must be a REALLY bad day!) I'll take the rifle.
The 3 don't replace each other, they complement each other, with some mission overlap.
Edmund
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