An important consideration when using a long gun is the optic you use. Rob Pincus discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various optics on long guns. A Personal Defense Network (PDN) original video.
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One of the better videos on this subject, especially the last part about using an offset sight system. While originally used primarily in Open 3-gun, it is very well suited to home/personal defense situations!
Wish people would understand more about how effective peep/ghost ring sights are though. Quick to use, and takes very little practice to hit your target out to 300 yards, a bit more practice to hit out to 600 or even further, but then any sight takes some practice to use well!! 🙂