Who says I get to choose my bedside gun based on my crystal ball?
I did in the OP.
Well then...my crystal ball says there's more than eight intruders (I really pissed someone off) - so my auto pistol by the bed is this...
http://www.keltecweapons.com/our-guns/pistols/plr-16/ Seriously - a half-box of function check doesn't make me feel warm and fuzzy, and while I don't really know, I expect that I will shoot (and reload) my very familiar auto pistol better under that kind of stress than the revolver.