The Surprisingly Solid Mathematical Case of the Tin Foil Hat Gun Prepper

Medium ^ | Apr 20, 2018 | BJ Campbell

[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.

[Jamestown1630]

A carnivore going after a vegetarian will almost always win :-)

[CottonBall]

They look so weak although, I still have a hard time believing it. Just like I can’t believe that adorable little hamsters are carnivores. Actually omnivores.

[CottonBall]

I’m dictating and didn’t catch the mistake fast enough. Not weak, regal. They don’t even sound the same!

[Jamestown1630]

If you want a slightly bigger, more imposing dog, the Irish Wolfhound and Scottish Deerhound (both also sighthounds) are interesting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_wolfhound

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Deerhound

(I’m kind of partial to the Deerhound - it appears to be somewhat more docile and relaxed, and more like the Greyhound.)

[dsc]

Recipe looks great, thanks.