I don't really like glocks, got my eyes on a Sig P239 Enhanced Elite 9mm, but also kinda like the Berettas for not being a burgerland company, any other brands I should be looking at, whats the least chuddiest company, I looked at the HK site and my god, they have American flags everywhere and MAGA sales.
ETA: Im in 'Commiefornia' so any gun suggestions should be able to be sold here.
Very good advice, but I'd argue that an unsecured gun with unsecured bullets in the house is more of a threat to your safety than home intruders, statistically speaking.
Doubly so if you have kids or if kids are ever in your home for any reason.
Or, frankly, any adult without at least a firearm safety training program under their belt.
Yeah, guns in the home are a much, much, much greater risk to you and your family than home intruders. Live by the sword, die by the sword, yadda yadda.
It is a gun. It isn't supposed to be safe
It isn't supposed to kill you or your family, either. Americans tend to have a very skewed perception of how often violent home invasions happen compared to accidental firearms injuries and deaths.
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There is a clear spectrum where safety and utility are opposed. A safe gun is a toy. There is no way to have a gun as a useful tool and be safe. They are very useful tools for what they are for they just don't make situations any safer. I don't own a gun myself simply because I don't want to spend the time and anger managing the risks as like you said there is no real benefit to me in my suburb
Most of the "threat" of having it in the house is from intentional self-harm. The other part, that being accidents, can be mitigated almost entirely by teaching you and your family about gun safety. If the kids are too young, put it in a closet out of sight and reach. Don't rack the firearm if you want to be extra safe.
Assuming you aren't suicidal and follow basic safety, a gun is less dangerous than a kitchen knife. I can put a gun away in a condition that would make it very hard for a child to fire it even if they understood how. A knife's edge can't be turned off and is easily accessible.