It is often used in investing as a benchmark used to reject costly proposals. IMO the EMV of having a weapon when SHTF is infinite.
Posted on 11/19/2019 3:40:51 PM PST by metmom
As gun policy discussions unfold in the wake of mass shooter incidents, they routinely end in three buckets.
There’s the “tyranny can never happen here” bucket, which the left has mostly abdicated in the wake of Trump winning after they called (and still call) him a tyrant.
There’s the “you can’t fight the army with small arms” bucket, which is increasingly unsound given our ongoing decade-and-a-half war with Afghani tribal goat herders.
And there’s the “what the hell do you need an AR-15 for anyway?” bucket, which, by its very language, eschews a fundamental lack of understanding of what those people are thinking.
I am not a prepper. But I know a few. Some of the ones I do know are smart. They may not be doing as deep an analysis as I present here, on a mathematical level, but the smart ones are definitely doing it at a subconscious level. If you want to understand the perspectives of others, as everyone in my opinion should strive to do, then you would do well to read to the end of this article. To get where we’re going, we will need to discuss the general framework of disaster mathematics.
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Banding together so as to form militias in stressful events is an even better strategy.
Single preppers are extremely vulnerable.
Somewhat organized communities are much more defend-able.
Just “Rack It”
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That scares Them off!
Agree.
A successful tribe would need a variety of skill sets — nurses, mechanics, framers, gunsmiths, electricians, veterinarians, sharpshooters, McGyvers, etc.
A successful tribe would need various supplies in quantity — water, staple foods & spices & cooking gear, medicines, ammo, gasoline, t.p., diapers, tools, defensive gear, various hardware. A tribe with a gas station, grocery store and hardware store would be great.
I think that’s a lot more useful than people often think.
In fact, most animals sense the unusual before people do. I’ve got two cats who can hear sounds outside the doors or windows that I never hear.
I was taught that the sound of racking it gives away your position. Better to have a shell already quietly chambered when coming up on bad guys.
You might try a smaller shotgun. A 410, perhaps.
“Get a good dog.”
I have a German Shepherd who’s just reaching a year.
He’s going to be great. I already sleep better.
“It’s a buzz saw.”
You gotta have trigger pullers.
I think the reason I didn’t like handguns is because I have small hands and very slender wrists. They just felt very ‘wayward’ in my hands.
(But I had a lot of ‘beginner’s luck’ with them - despite my trembling and quaking reaction to experiencing such an explosive little *thing* in my hands :-)
We've seen several of these in the past few years: Antifa, some students at college campuses act like Mao's Red Guards, etc.
You had me at “Prepper Math”!!!
My 2 favorite subjects!! And then I saw that it was statistics. Oh well, still pretty interesting.
“well, in southern California especially, the Mexican invaders there will simply take everything Californians have for survival, and kill the victims then move on”
Exactly, one of many reasons Why we escaped
“It was just a way of life, and probably still is for many rural people who don’t even think of themselves as ‘preppers’. They’re just doing what they - and their ancestors - have always done.”
This is what I thought my neighbors were doing when we moved. Just living the way they were raised and the way their parents were raised. But then they started talking about dropping trees at the entrance to the holler so nobody could get in when there’s economic collapse. And that he’s raising cattle because we will need them. And the guy at the end of the holler said he has enough ammunition to load everybody up to defend the holler. His hobby is reloading. So they’ve gone a bit past their ancestors. LOL.
“Get a good dog.”
I have the best dog ever!!
He’s a yorkie.
Oh, not what you meant???
I don’t know. It seems that we’ve evolved into an existence where Ideas - and Ideals - are the best weapons and protections. No matter what happens practically, God and Nature will endure - and the most valuable ideas and values will always come back around and be triumphant.
For me, ‘prepping’ is a practical thing - and in some ways a ‘fun’ one - to do and figure out, according to one’s personal situation. After all, there are always natural disasters.
But I don’t kid myself that it will somehow ‘save’ me if our society should break down completely. I put my real faith in things other than - and very different from - these material ones.
I’ve been wavering; thought I wanted a Boston Terrier; but I think I really want a Greyhound.
(I have it on good authority that a Greyhound can take down a deer...I wouldn’t even need a gun :-)
Exactly!
I don’t know what you fired before, but the Ruger SR22 or the Sig Sauer P238 might fit you better. They are small and have little or no kick.
I have heard that greyhounds do not bark much. They make good couch potatoes, though.
;-)
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