[Leaning Right]

> in addition to trying ride ‘it’ out, you’ll also need some type of 24/7 security <

I’ve often thought about that. A hungry man hiding in the brush with a rifle has a great advantage over a prepper gathering vegetables in his garden.

I guess small communities must band together. But that community had better not include a hungry man with a rifle.

[BobL]

“I guess small communities must band together. But that community had better not include a hungry man with a rifle.”

Yep...and unfortunately there are a lot more people with rifles than serious preppers, so most typical communities, other than possibly Mormons, will have a lot of leachers running down the supplies of the preppers.

[marktwain]

I guess small communities must band together. But that community had better not include a hungry man with a rifle.

You have summed up the reason for militias.

In the USA there is a tradition of spontaneous organization of militias in time of need.