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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

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To: vetvetdoug
The first thing that the government will do is confiscate the registered weapons.

Seems to me King Leonidas had a pithy retort for just such an occasion.

81 posted on 07/05/2010 6:17:07 PM PDT by behzinlea
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To: Paradox

Just what you see, pal.


82 posted on 07/05/2010 6:18:57 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: ought-six
"ought-six"

You dissing my SAKO?.....LOL

83 posted on 07/05/2010 6:22:11 PM PDT by litehaus (A memory tooooo longt A)
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To: antidemoncrat

Shotgun is the weapon of choice.

I prefer the Remington 12 Ga. Wingmaster

Shotgun is the weapon of choice in any gun fight.

4 shot is the modern day crowd pleaser.


84 posted on 07/05/2010 6:22:37 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Shotgun is the weapon of choice.

I prefer the Remington 12 Ga. Wingmaster

Shotgun is the weapon of choice in any gun fight.

4 shot is the modern day crowd pleaser.


85 posted on 07/05/2010 6:22:52 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Shotgun is the weapon of choice.

I prefer the Remington 12 Ga. Wingmaster

Shotgun is the weapon of choice in any gun fight.

4 shot is the modern day crowd pleaser.


86 posted on 07/05/2010 6:22:52 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Shotgun is the weapon of choice.

I prefer the Remington 12 Ga. Wingmaster

Shotgun is the weapon of choice in any gun fight.

4 shot is the modern day crowd pleaser.


87 posted on 07/05/2010 6:22:52 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Shotgun is the weapon of choice.

I prefer the Remington 12 Ga. Wingmaster

Shotgun is the weapon of choice in any gun fight.

4 shot is the modern day crowd pleaser.


88 posted on 07/05/2010 6:22:52 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Shotgun is the weapon of choice.

I prefer the Remington 12 Ga. Wingmaster

Shotgun is the weapon of choice in any gun fight.

4 shot is the modern day crowd pleaser.


89 posted on 07/05/2010 6:22:52 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Shotgun is the weapon of choice.

I prefer the Remington 12 Ga. Wingmaster

Shotgun is the weapon of choice in any gun fight.

4 shot is the modern day crowd pleaser.


90 posted on 07/05/2010 6:22:52 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Shotgun is the weapon of choice.

I prefer the Remington 12 Ga. Wingmaster

Shotgun is the weapon of choice in any gun fight.

4 shot is the modern day crowd pleaser.


91 posted on 07/05/2010 6:22:52 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Shotgun is the weapon of choice.

I prefer the Remington 12 Ga. Wingmaster

Shotgun is the weapon of choice in any gun fight.

4 shot is the modern day crowd pleaser.


92 posted on 07/05/2010 6:22:55 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: FightThePower!
Yep, gold is worthless.

If there is no market for it that is correct.

93 posted on 07/05/2010 6:24:21 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: blessu

You want layered preparations.

Start with defence. Buy cheap surplus police ballistic panels from bulletproofme.com. They run $50 each or less.

Put one into your briefcase to act as a ballistic shield. Put one into your kids’ backpacks. Stuff them behind your car’s interior panels...if you can’t afford that many, then insert heavy phonebooks inside your car doors and side panels to provide limited ballistic shielding from the smaller Saturday Night Specials typically used by street thugs.

If you have a little money, upgrade your car and home windows with Llumar’s ballistic security film. It applies like window tint and stops light caliber rounds. 3M has a more serious version for more money if you have the means.

Pick up a nice bulletproof vest. eBay and Craigslist have plenty for sale at major discounts. Go with smaller and cheaper to enable you to see how often you will really wear it...no sense in spending big money if you decide that you never want to wear one on “ordinary” days.

With basic defence covered, get a big dog. Works great as a crime deterrent, alarm, and aids in an actual fight by distracting an enemy.

For weapons, start with non-lethal such as stun guns, pepper spray, bean-bag rounds for shotguns, etc. This gives you some options for self-defense that are less likely to have extreme legal consequences if you make a mental error in the heat of an event.

With the above covered, you want a flare gun with a conversion kit...flare guns can escape the most rigid gun control laws, especially if you are sailing overseas, yet the conversion kit allows them to fire lethal rounds.

After the above is on your shelf, pick up a revolver, not a semi-automatic pistol. Semi-auto pistols must be cocked to fire...they are offensive weapons and should be lower on your list than a purely defensive revolver.

Likewise pick up a shotgun. Pick the smallest that your ego allows, as shells for a .28 guage are substantially cheaper and easier to carry in large quantity than a 12 guage.

With the above covered, you will want a semi-auto rifle (for hot combat) and a bolt-action long-range deer rifle for sniper purposes.

Also, consider transportation...diesel is better. You can home-brew your own bio-disel from a variety of food. Gasoline is more difficult to obtain in a survival situation (though still possible...many people drive on “drip” gas straight from an oil field).

Throw in flares for your flare gun and a good hand-knife and you should be up to the point where a “go” bag and a survival bunker *other* than your house puts you in an elite group that is ready for any level of society downgrade or collapse.


94 posted on 07/05/2010 6:28:48 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: blessu
Get a few of these. You are going to need to sleep sometime.
95 posted on 07/05/2010 6:31:51 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media.)
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To: Moonman62

Can you name a time in history where there was no market for gold?


96 posted on 07/05/2010 6:36:57 PM PDT by FightThePower! (Fight the powers that be!)
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To: blessu

Claymore mines.


97 posted on 07/05/2010 6:42:06 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: gogogodzilla

Check out my post 95. Poor man’s Claymores.


98 posted on 07/05/2010 6:45:38 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media.)
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To: rabscuttle385

The deadly spork!


99 posted on 07/05/2010 6:46:29 PM PDT by meyer (Big government is the enemy of freedom.)
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To: litehaus

“You dissing my SAKO?.....LOL”

Isn’t that a watch? :)


100 posted on 07/05/2010 6:49:19 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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