As am I. Redundency is a good thing in this case.
...and it doesn't hurt a bit to have additional gear available
Quite right.
Both good points.
But I also keep some "throwaways", specifically for the "grabbers" and the stupid idiots that failed to prepare and wish to affect my standards by taking mine from me.
If my "throwaways" give me just a few moments time to get to my good stuff, then it was worth it.
I do not flaunt my possessions, most particularly my firepower, for the simple reason that knowledge is power and I refuse to give anyone any more power than I can.
If my "throwaways" divert the attention of the "grabbers" (whether they be Jack Booted Thugs or the local gendarmes) long enough for me to get into my preplanned tactical positions, then it has been worth it and I don't feel like a "rabbit" for having done so.
I'll live to fight another day.
And ain't that what it's all about?
I'll live to fight another day.
And ain't that what it's all about?
Struesbob, and bakgat, SarMajor, for being both on the same side of the *line in the sand* that I'm on, and standing pretty well near of the front rank of those who see it coming and won't be taking the chicken run. Whether we're side-by side or holding down the opposite flanks of the line is pretty much immaterial, but my spares and half my biltong and bunny chow are yours should you find yourself in my neck of the bush.
I'll live to fight another day.
Hope so, and me too, if possible! But like Trooper Padgett said, You may find me one day dead in a ditch somewhere, but by God, you will find me in a pile of brass!