Yep. I agree with Texmex. Organization is a large force multiplier. I also agree that there is a lot of naivete on this thread probably due to the fact that most of the posters have never been through a catastrophe.
I don’t believe that we will ever see a SHTF scenario in our country for many reasons and one of those is that I have seen people and worked with them during several disasters and they became very thoughtful and polite, very cooperative.
Defense is much more effective when used with some degree of organization. A gang intrusion would be met with overlapping fields of fire with options for flanking and envelopment tactics. You would establish fire superiority first, which at this point may or may not be true by an inventory of your weapons, but shots coming from different directions should back up even the dumbest tough guy who thinks that he and his buddies are going to make a score.
The technique also makes excellent use of the most common rifle in the US, the single shot rifle.
By the way, military tactics are well known in this country partly due to the fact that the MSM just can’t keep its trap shut about operations in the wars we have fought. You probably know more than you think on this subject.
Food acquistion will be much easier as the organzation may ask the homeowners to knock down there fences to be re-erected on the perimeter for defense as well as clearing more area for agriculture. Agriculture is key as when humans switched over to it from the hunting gathering stage their life spans increased dramatically.
An organization can also communicate with other organizations to bring in the foodstuffs and equipment needed. Eventually the organization will meet up with another that has nurses or EMT personnel and you want them on your side and in your subdivision.
One point I never see discussed is the acquisition of protein and how that is accomplished. A regular pellet gun with 10,000 rounds (40 bucks?) will keep your family in protein from birds, the only source that will be around after three weeks or so. If you plant food, they will be around much of the time.
If you are in the city, you may have an endless supply of pidgeons, which are doves, just like white winged doves. If you have ever eaten squab, you have already eaten pidgeon. They’re good to eat.
If you are concerned about this SHTF possibility, I would recommend at least one single shot rifle in your extensive collection (I have nothing but single shot as I dislike semi-autos). A single shot can be repaired using parts of from a disabled car, a hacksaw and a small collectin of files. This cannot be said for semi autos.
Just my .02.....
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I once had a roomate who used to devour all my food in the fridge and contibute nothing, and I decided toteach him a lesson...I made "squab casserole"...went straight to the park and began feeding pigeons from a paper bag, every once in a while a pigeon went INTO the bag, when no one was around. I cooked the breasts, boned them and added them to rice ad cream of mushroom soup...nothing fancy, and it tastes just like brown turkey. He gobbled it with gusto, until he found out what it was. I thought it was delicious!...he kinda freaked out a little. He asked before gobbling thereafter.