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If the economic and social meltdown happens, what is the best weapon for home defense?
july 5, 2010 | blessu

Posted on 07/05/2010 5:29:46 PM PDT by blessu

If the economic and social meltdown happens, what is the best weapon for home defense?


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: apocalypse; chaos; economic; meltdown
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To: GladesGuru
Because you can miss with a shotgun.

Inject a lethal poison into the pellet load. That way it only takes one pellet breaking the skin.

41 posted on 07/05/2010 5:48:17 PM PDT by JimRed (To water the Tree of Liberty is to excise a cancer before it kills us. TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: blessu

Every individual, every family should rely on its own resources and not rely on the feds for anything.

That is how one exercises their freedom.

Liberty, true liberty, means not needing the federal government for anything except ones protection from exterior menaces re its foreign enemies.


42 posted on 07/05/2010 5:48:45 PM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: Lurker

“Preparation B” ?


43 posted on 07/05/2010 5:48:47 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: al baby

vulcan chain gun


44 posted on 07/05/2010 5:49:23 PM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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To: Blackhawk

Depends...

How close do you want to permit someone before you start defending yourself?

Standard residential: .40 S&W M&P. With 1 in the chamber, it will hold 16 rounds AND and a 12 ga. that will hold as many as possible. Practice with the .40.... a lot.

A Remington 700 (.243, .270 or .308) with a good scope never hurts if you want to start shooting before they get close.


45 posted on 07/05/2010 5:49:37 PM PDT by CapedConservative
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To: blessu

Don’t forget food and household needs. I’ve heard if there were a national disaster grocery stores would be bare after 3 days. Learning to grow and preserve your own food is also a real plus or at least buying veggies and fruit when they are in season and canning them. An emergency generator large enough to run a freezer and refrigerator and some other necessary electrical equipment would also be to your advantage. Some generators now run on gas, propane and natural gas.


46 posted on 07/05/2010 5:51:03 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: calex59
Use 00 buck for your close shots. Get some type of slugs for longer shots. Buy ammo and practice.< / s >


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47 posted on 07/05/2010 5:51:53 PM PDT by B-Cause (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: rabscuttle385
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48 posted on 07/05/2010 5:52:25 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: CapedConservative

It seems to me that the NRA is trying to get in bed with liberals.

They should be wary.

You can never ever trust liberals. They will lie to your face and then when you turn your back, they will stab you until you are dead.


49 posted on 07/05/2010 5:52:46 PM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: blessu

I also vote “pump shotgun” ,, however it is to be used to facilitate a fallback to your sailboat which will be equipped with plenty of food and water. The best “survive the zombie apocalypse” answer is to NOT BE THERE.


50 posted on 07/05/2010 5:53:18 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: blessu

According to some you should surround yourself with gold. But I like your idea of getting a weapon better.


51 posted on 07/05/2010 5:55:04 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: unkus
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Anything else is just macho wind blowing...

52 posted on 07/05/2010 5:55:19 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: cripplecreek

Oh no! It’s a giant spork weasel!


53 posted on 07/05/2010 5:56:53 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)
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To: Moonman62

I know you hate gold probably because you can’t eat it, but some of us can buy guns, gold, food and fuel.


54 posted on 07/05/2010 5:57:46 PM PDT by FightThePower! (Fight the powers that be!)
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To: blessu

Long range center-fire rifle to pick em off comin up the road, maybe an AK or AR for when they hit the front yard (really big front yard), a good 12ga porch gun for closer work and a good .45acp for the really close ones. Maybe I need to work in a flame-thrower there somewhere.


55 posted on 07/05/2010 5:58:03 PM PDT by umgud (Obama is a failed experiment.)
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To: Blackhawk
Those boating accidents are terrible! After I had mine, I discovered they befell many, many other Freepers too.

Nam Vet

56 posted on 07/05/2010 5:58:12 PM PDT by Nam Vet (Are you better off than you were 4 trillion dollars ago?)
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To: blessu
Your brain.
If you don't think and prepare it doesn't matter what other weapon you have.
57 posted on 07/05/2010 5:58:55 PM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: ansel12

I worked in some crappy areas of So. California as a Carpenter contractor My work bags had a nice little spot for a 9 millimeter had it with me all the time


58 posted on 07/05/2010 6:01:25 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: Perdogg

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59 posted on 07/05/2010 6:03:25 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: Jack Hydrazine

That’s a heckuva demo. I wonder what loads he’s shooting.


60 posted on 07/05/2010 6:04:03 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
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