end-of-the-world scenario can’t be prepared for, and certainly shouldn’t be looked forward to. . . .
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I doubt that anyone is looking forward to it unless his name is Rambo.
You can’t sit back and watch and then wonder why you die of starvation. Yes there will be people who will be willing to face death from your bullets to get your food. Yes there could be gangs who will want what you have. You can prepare for this, you just can’t do it by yourself.
If someone comes for everything you have hopefully you can persuade him to leave. If a gang comes hopefully you can convince them to move to an easier target.
I think I would rather die defending my food supply than from starvation, I would like to be as comfortable as possible until the end.
I've got hand tools, and I know how to use them. IMHO, more valuable than a pile of MRE's ... if we actually get to that point.
Nah, the guys that I was poking are the "Come and Get Some" armchair Rambos. FR is populated with its fair share. The ones with a "Friggin arsenal, and the will to use it", like that will do them any good if they need to bug out...for instance if their house with the arsenal gets burned to the ground.
I especially like the "buy gold" ones, like they're going to wander over to your house and trade a cup of gold for some food. Gimme a break. They'd be better off with a stockpile of toilet paper, or batteries. Cheaper, easier to get (right now), and far, far more desirable if there isn't any.
Until they rat you out to the local “authorities” and then they arrive with SWAT teams to forcefully relocate you and your family to a Government Safe Center and then redistribute your hoarded supplies - “for the greater good”.
I believe in being prepared, but all the stockpile in the world won’t do you much good if you have to head for the hills to avoid being rounded up.