Well, I like revolvers also, keep several around the house and use them for CCW use also. However, I will have to disagree with your statement that you have to chamber a round in a semi before you can use it. If it is for self defense and if it is a double action only, and even if it isn’t, you can safely keep a round chambered ready to go. You might have to worry about the spring in the Magazine getting weak, and some of them jam and tend to break, but waiting until you have a break in to jack a round in is foolish. I keep two semis as well as several revolvers spotted around the house(I live in CA and we have a high home invasion rate here)and keep one in the chamber at all times in the ones I don’t have locked up. This is JMO and not intended for a recommendation to others.
My training in semiautomatics was to take out the clip and then check the chamber to make sure it was unloaded. Many people forget the second step and end up in trouble.
Home defense is not just for the person, but often also the wife and family. Anyone can easily be shown how a Revolver works and one good lesson will serve you well for decades. A semi is a more precision instrument, much more complex.
And the last thing you need is your wife attempting to use your semi for home defense in a panic and forgetting from her lesson three years ago that there is a SAFETY that must be taken off before the thing will fire.
REVOLVER for home defense. REVOLVER.