My theory is that the California’s dysfunction at state level is so obvious that no resident trusts the state government to protect or provide for them.
A bunch of people here are still proudly wearing rose-colored glasses. They also don spandex and ride their $5,000 bicycles to work (playing with death daily,) and they shop at Whole Foods. I saw a Volt on the road a few days back. Not much changed in CA.
However firearms and ammo will be the #1 currency after TSHTF. They can also last for decades with very little maintenance. And, unlike gold, you can actually use them. I stopped by Reed's recently, and the place was packed.
It is quite possible that many people instinctively realize and know should this country continue under the current repressive and corrupt socialistic leadership that it is headed for the trash heap of history, and please don’t say it can not happen as it happened over and over in the past and this country is not too far away from it again. Along the way there may be upheaval as it usually happens, and nothing can beat being prepared. It is also a given that you can not win against too many “Others” may they be government related or otherwise, but at least you can have the satisfaction to take a few with you along the way.
Thomas Jefferson knew only knew too well when he stated “The tree of Liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants” Needless to say with some one currently at the helm of this rudderless ship, called the US, aimlessly going all over the map anything is possible