[MrB]

Part of being a responsible prepper is to have SOME food to give away.
It’s always easier to feed someone and send them on their way than to find some place to put the bodies...

Here’s a ziplock with beans & rice, and a pint bottle of water - now get on your way and don’t come back here, you’ll get nothing more.

[ArrogantBustard]

Good point ... and one angle from which to address the psychological problems inherent in dealing with roving ferals. The mentality shown by this mob, unchecked and running around loose, will present decent folk with some really difficult life-and-death decisions.

[Elsie]

Here’s a ziplock with beans & rice, and a pint bottle of water - now get on your way and don’t come back here, you’ll get nothing more.

This did NOT work with the little kitty that showed up at my door!

[little jeremiah]

Here’s what I think a better idea.

Give one’s “extra” to churches and tell anyone who wanders by to go to the church on such and such street, they have a hot meal every day.

Around here many churches have a hot meal once a week as I live in a very poor rural white area. Homeless or poor people can just about get one hot meal a day by visiting different churches, plus there are food banks. I would imagine that they will still be functioning until they run out of food.

I would never, ever give a stranger anything, even a ziplock of rice and beans - if they are wandering around they won’t be able to cook it, anyway. It’s asking for serious trouble.

Thankfully I live more than a tank of gas away from any large city with masses of ferals, and my valley is easily defensible. For which I am thankful more and more.