Do people these days tend to overthink home defense?
The title pretty much says it all, I ask this because I keep seeing all these Youtube videos featuring people going into great detail on their home defense strategy, gun and ammo selection, etc. These videos often feature multi thousand dollar guns, and elaborate tactical gear.
I personally take a bit more of a fundamental, practical viewpoint, ie know what your shooting at, know what is in the background, use ammo that minimizes risk of over penetration, and remember the right gun for defending yourself is the first one you can reach, and it does not matter if it costs $250 or $2,500. In the real world 90+% of the time you are not going to have time to play dress up before things get busy, on top of that if you survive do you want to deal with the potential legal fallout of being dressed up like a SEAL team member with your tacti-cool rifle when you shot someone.
p.s. note I am not against tacti-cool rifles, I have a couple of them, but they stay locked up in the gun safe, and are not one of my grab it guns for home defense, which tend to have wood stocks or grips, or at least no tacti-coolized stuff beyond a flashlight.