Well firstly, thank you for your responses and welcomes, i will try to address each one in turn:
@Azrial - I agree that becoming familiar with your weapon of choice is the key factor here, which is why i will be enrolling in some home defense safety classes at my local gun club where i am a lifetime member with my family! Its awesome having a wife that loves to shoot too! haha....
@nalioth - Buying both is not a bad option, but at the moment it would be buying one as the other would simply sit idle due to my time constraints at work etc.. so hence why i am looking at just one shotgun f