No rifle or rifle bullet should be used for home defence unless there is no other option. Rifles and their bullets are designed for penitration and maximum damage. At the velocites, even the lower speeds, they have the ability to penitrate several houses in ideal conditions. Shotguns (if you have room to swing one in the home. Hall ways are a real problem) or handguns are the only defence weapons to even concider...Wielding a rifle in a home would be more disastrous to the home owner then to the intruder. I have two .38 specials and warm loads for home defence. And all in this household are trained in their use.