I live in a nice suburban neighborhood. I own a Hi-Point (w/ATI stock) carbine, a WASR II, several handguns and a shotgun (Win M-12, 30"), among others. If given a choice, I'm reaching for the Hi-Point for HD...Look, If I were being attacked by some crazed outlaw biker gang, I guess I'd wish I had the AK, but in the real world, it's gonna be one or two guys looking to score dope money, and 10 rounds of 9mm HP will settle their hash in short order. Ever notice how the recommendations always seem to go with the biggest, most expensive boomer. If one of your choices would have been a DPMS in 25WSSM, everyone would be dissing the Saiga. I also can't help but wonder, if the discussion were HD pistols, how many would recommend a GLOCK 9mm for you instead of, say, a .500 because of penetration worries. I like my neighbors, and want to reduce the possibility of a miss or through & through injuring or killing one of them to the lowest reasonable order of probability. When the Emergency Broadcast System starts sending alerts about roving bands of zombies or something, I'll whip out the AK, but otherwise, I'll leave my Rambo fantasies in the safe and keep my HP with me in the here and now...