[MindBender26]

BTW, the 20mm 6 barrel electric 6000 rounds per minute mini-gun and the small, hand-held fisionable weapons won't fit under my sports jacket or in her purse, so have ruled them out.

[mlocher]

This has been a concern of mine for about 18 months. I don’t telegraph my plans.

[freedumb2003]

Seems a little paranoid...

Things are bad but I don’t see rioting in the streets and marauder groups attacking homes.

I made it through the Rodney King riots which were much less than they appeared.

If it helps you to sleep with a loaded Glock, more power to ya.

But you give power to those who force you to change your lifestyle and thinking and remove you from the comfort you probably have.

[dadgum]

Nope. Already prepped. My goofy Sheltie is terrible guard dog, though.

[Oiao]

Yes and no. Most of the prep was accomplished already. Just upping the LP/OP vigilance.

[bigbob]

I don’t mean to offend, but that sounds nuts. Although if you do work on the hand-held nuke, I’d suggest keeping it to yourself ;-)

[HereInTheHeartland]

“small, hand-held fisionable weapons “

That's speaking my language. I have a rabbit problem; those would work.

[gunsequalfreedom]

Any fire extinguishers handy? A home in a common residential neighborhood is not the most easily defensible position btw.

[Lazlo in PA]

Do you live in downtown Philly or Detroit? Otherwise I wouldn’t be in panic mode. There will be plenty of warning of an insurrection if you live out in a civilized area.

[I see my hands]

I'll never tell.

[Winstons Julia]

I bought me a baseball bat, I did. Cor Blimey Guvnor.

[MaxMax]

AMERICAN Police officers are more than capable of handling punks on a riot binge.

It's the Mayors/Gov who cannot be trusted with our safety.

[Salamander]

We’re hillbillies.

We’ve been “prepared” ever since prohibition.

;D

[Huck]

Anyone who tries to mess with my neighborhood will be sorry they did.

[Lion Den Dan]

No change here. We live so far out in the country you can see the future coming. If the dust cloud turns out not to be the future, at least you had time to clean the house and check the weaponry before it/they got heere.

[Bean Counter]

A bit extreme for this area, but without divulging anything specific on the ‘webs, we are always in a basic level of preparedness that fits the current situation as needed...

[Bean Counter]

Semper Vig...

[Steel Wolf]

Past a certain point, which you appear to have reached, you reach a certain point of diminishing returns with arming one household. You're probably at the point where organizing with your neighbors, church, co-workers, friends, family, or whoever you generally trust, will be more valuable in the event of catastrophe. Being ready starts at home, but the intermediate and advanced survival tasks are team efforts. Something to consider.

[smokingfrog]

[vetvetdoug]

I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and put it in a baggie. I’m set.

[DB]

We live a fair distance to any major cities, particularly the kind that are prone to that kind of behavior.