“I’ll Come To Your Place When SHTF” – No You Won’t

SHTF Plan ^ | 10/22/14 | Glen Tate

[Kartographer]

I tried to persuade you to prepare for what’s coming and, in the process, revealed that to you that I’m preparing. You realized that I have food, guns, etc., and ended up saying, half kidding but half serious, “I’ll come to your place when SHTF.”

No you won’t. I will shoot you. If you threaten me and my family, I will use force to defend against any threat. And showing up at my place hungry and unprepared is a threat to me. You will eat my food and use up my medical supplies, generator, firewood, etc. That’s less of these life-saving things for me and my family. That’s a threat.

Is this greed on my part? No. I will take care of the truly needy – those who cannot take care of themselves. But you are different. Very different. You had plenty of chances to prepare for yourself.

[Brother Cracker]

[Pollster1]

Today's well behaved visitors and traders may very well be scouting your place and will be tomorrow's thieves and murderers.

True. But today's well-behaved visitors may be the group that makes my neighborhood safe against other groups. Today's well-behaved traders may be the ones who take things I have in excess and give things that I value far more. There are risks in both directions.

[DuncanWaring]

What lesson should we draw from that parable in relation to the current discussion?

[CSM]

When folks tell me that, I just point them to the local “Church of Later Day Saints.” I tell them that they would be much safer interacting with a charitable people than they will be in dealing with me.

[generally]

VietVet, You are absolutely right. And you’re exactly the kind of guy I’d want in my survival community. Thanks for a great post with thoughtful commentary. (I’m not dissing OP. He makes some good points. A prepper can’t support every leech that shows up on his doorstep. But prepping is long term thinking and preparedness and your post takes it a step further.)