Preppers’ PING!!
In the real world, every decent person should have a high-caliber rifle, a high-caliber pistol, a .22 rifle, a .22 pistol, and a shotgun at a minimum. In a family of four, that is 20 guns. If you may have others helping you in an emergency and cannot count on them bringing all the tools they may need, you should have a spare or two. If you may have different needs (ar-15 semi, bolt action, long range), you need more than the five basics I just mentioned.
And that’s just a start.
There are certainly a lot of experts who know everything about something that has never happened.
This is all rather depressing. Sigh.
I live in a small town, 12k, about 50k people in the entire county. Big city about 35 miles out. I’m hoping that LE and military will be concentrating on the urban areas. Our city & county LE is not equipped to lock down everything here, so I am also hoping and thinking that we might be better off left to our own devices. Those of us that are properly armed, I mean.
I also consider it a possibility that our local LE might even work with us to organize armed and responsible adults to maintain control. I’ve not talked about this with of them, but it seems a logical way to go.
Suppressed 77/22 with suppressed Ruger Mk II pistol for backup. I’ll get whatever firearm I want.....quietly.
Have a gun for each scenario you’ll likely face. If possible, have multiples so you can arm members of your community.
Most important rule for a prepper: Don’t tell anyone you are a prepper...other preppers will kill you first and take your stuff! ;)
Rarely mentioned in these discussions, and notable in its absence, is the need to be proficient with these weapons. I’ve made this point at the range many times for people who ridicule my propensity to not ride the latest trend of overpriced firearms or gadgets; the weapons I like, I can shoot well in a variety of situations, to include fire and maneuver. I know too many people, many who should know better, who think their armory of high end guns will keep them safe, but they never have time to train, and the few times they do shoot they shoot from a bench rest at short range.
Thanks for this post. Important stuff. Pinging this.
Small arms will not stop fully outfitted “swat” teams with MRAP’s. My home was built this century. Plywood, 2 X 6 walls, brick veneer, lots of windows. You could crash the walls with a VW.
If someone is shooting people “on sight” then the people will return fire. Only stupid people think situations are static and not dynamic.
Don’t need a gun.
I have bazooka.
In Phase 3, I would add the following: Clear your fields of fire, install multiple double apron barbed wire fencing with concertina wire and tangle foot encircling your perimeter, along with phu-gas containers on likely avenues of approach.
It worked for me before, and I’m sure it would work again.
Why on earth would you be out walking around in such a situation? The most important thing is that you get the drop on any evildoers, not the other way around. Walking around outdoors makes you an easy target. All the guns in the world won't help you if they shoot you before you even see them.
Common sense suggests you need a handgun for inside your house, a shotgun for keeping people out, and a long gun for distance. Exact details are less important than having those. The only reason I can see for having many different guns beyond that is to be able to use many kinds of ammo you might come accross, but it's a lot easier and cheaper just to buy lots of ammo in the first place.
Shotgun, 45 and my M1A....oh, I guess I would find some use for my 30-06 with its Luepold MKIV(I love parades)