where are your priorities for "in the event...."
Now the event can be a large scale "WHATEVER".....but it has put you in survival mode.
Some folks talk of having a group and/ or family to hook up with....but what then?
Are you planning on meeting in the national forest?
Have you already chosen the safest house...that can house the most folks?....and be defended?
These questions seem gigantic....but are really the smallest part of the overall equation. To look at priorities.....you have to look at logistics. A place is important....but food and water will quickly trump starving in a tent or well guarded house.
Beans, bullets, and band-aids.....and in that order.
FOOD, FOOD, FOOD, FOOD, FOOD, FOOD, FOOD, FOOD,FOOD!!!!!!!!
If you do not have the caloric intake to function.....all the guns in world are paperweights.
It drives me nuts when I hear someone say "I have plenty of guns.....".
My response is:
"Are you a homicidal maniac?"
"No."
"Are you planning on becoming a homicidal maniac?"
"No."
"Then you should plan on trading all but a good hunting rifle for a few cans of food....because the food will be worth more than all the guns when you are hungry."
Food is paramount....water to drink, wash, and cook with....is right there with it. A way to store it, a way to cook it, vessels for both. I'm not even going to get into spices...other than history....there is a reason it used to be currency.
Look at it this way....family of 4.....1 lb of food per person.....per day (which is light BTW).....for a year....with out including water....is 1460lbs....or 3/4 of a ton.
It is a scary number....but it is realistic.
SECURITY, SECURITY, SECURITY, SECURITY, SECURITY!!!!!!
Best way to survive the confrontation.....is to avoid the confrontation.
Guns are important.....knowing how to use them is way more important than having multitudes of them.
I'm not going to get into caliber disputes or platforms....for each persons means and ability are different.
I will offer up what we have done.....STANDARDIZE......and we stick with martial rounds. Military and law enforcement use them in bulk.....they will be on the black market.....that fact has held true in every war and civil uprising through the last couple centuries.
The environment you choose to stay in.....it should be defendable by which ever means you have chose to use.
And DO NOT forget about sanitation......lack of it can kill you just as easy as a bullet.....so yes....it's a form of security.
MEDS, MEDS, MEDS, MEDS, MEDS, MEDS, MEDS, MEDS, MEDS!!!!!!!!!
Get what you can afford.....and as much as you can....books....training....drugs....bandages...et c.
It is also a good idea to mark where the vets and doctors are in the area you plan on being in....and be willing to trade for services.
A now for the really scary part......that is the tip of the iceberg.
Thanks for letting me vent.
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Originally Posted by LUNCHBOX
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