“...everyone thought I was crazy by using my retirement funds to buy survival gear and firepower.”
As for me, I have no retirement left, but have pretty much followed your ‘crazy’ approach.
If the powers to be want to take from me what I have rightfully earned, they will have to pay dearly for it. There’s a price to pay for not abiding by the Constitution, and nobody living in the US is above the law of the land. Violate the law, and I will exercise my right to redress my grievances, whether you like it or not. Sound good?