Do you have a gun in your "preper" stash? - Page 2

ms6852 · February 11, 2021, 03:53 AM

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The question asked has so many variables that not one single answer really applies. There is just no one correct answer in reality. I trained at JOTC in Panama with the 10th Special Forces group during the time that we were fighting in Viet Nam. Trained in California, Alaska, and Arizona when the battle ground shifted to a different scenario where Jungle Training brought no practical use in the desert. The battle ground is fluid and always shifts and nothing is defined specifically as it is in a Hollywood production movie.

Some one just commented what if I am not home what now. So does that mean I carry and leave my bug out bag with money, firearms supplies locked in my vehicle while I am at work or grocery shopping only to have my vehicle stolen along with my bug out bag. Does that mean that it is over for me?

There is no way to prepare for every single possible scenario that could occur. What good does it do to be heavily armed with weeks of rations if the imminent threat is a biological assault. I do not prepare for SHTF scenarios, I prepare for things that I can have control of, like electricity when there is none, for water when there is none, food, and to defend my home. I have been in the same neighborhood where we throw street parties where six of my neighbors are retired military, 3 are active, and 5 of them are LEO's and we all look after each other and their children. There is a bond that is forged in decades of socializing with each other and having each other's back through the bad times, when you truly know who will have your back. Every one is a friend when times are good but not when they are bad.

Radny97 · February 11, 2021, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ms6852

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The question asked has so many variables that not one single answer really applies. There is just no one correct answer in reality. I trained at JOTC in Panama with the 10th Special Forces group during the time that we were fighting in Viet Nam. Trained in California, Alaska, and Arizona when the battle ground shifted to a different scenario where Jungle Training brought no practical use in the desert. The battle ground is fluid and always shifts and nothing is defined specifically as it is in a Hollywood production movie.

Some one just commented what if I am not home what now. So does that mean I carry and leave my bug out bag with money, firearms supplies locked in my vehicle while I am at work or grocery shopping only to have my vehicle stolen along with my bug out bag. Does that mean that it is over for me?

There is no way to prepare for every single possible scenario that colud occur. What good does it do to be heavily armed with weeks of rations if the imminent threat is a biological assault. I do not prepare for SHTF scenarios, I prepare for things that I can have control of, like electricity when there is none, for water when there is none, food, and to defend my home. I have been in the same neighborhood where we throw street parties where six of my neighbors are retired military, 3 are active, and 5 of them are LEO's and we all look after each other and their children. There is a bond that is forged in decades of socializing with each other and having each other's back through the bad times, when you truly know who will have your back. Every one is a friend when times are good but not when they are bad.

Good points. Being tight with your neighbors is probably the most effective thing you can do for preparedness. That way you coordinate on neighborhood crime, help each other when the power or water is out. Etc. Frankly I’m surprised more survivalist groups don’t talk about the importance of neighborhood cohesion in a SHTF situation, because it’s clearly the most important factor in emergency preparedness.

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February 11, 2021, 03:53 AM	#26
ms6852 Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 1,394	Ignition Override The question asked has so many variables that not one single answer really applies. There is just no one correct answer in reality. I trained at JOTC in Panama with the 10th Special Forces group during the time that we were fighting in Viet Nam. Trained in California, Alaska, and Arizona when the battle ground shifted to a different scenario where Jungle Training brought no practical use in the desert. The battle ground is fluid and always shifts and nothing is defined specifically as it is in a Hollywood production movie. Some one just commented what if I am not home what now. So does that mean I carry and leave my bug out bag with money, firearms supplies locked in my vehicle while I am at work or grocery shopping only to have my vehicle stolen along with my bug out bag. Does that mean that it is over for me? There is no way to prepare for every single possible scenario that could occur. What good does it do to be heavily armed with weeks of rations if the imminent threat is a biological assault. I do not prepare for SHTF scenarios, I prepare for things that I can have control of, like electricity when there is none, for water when there is none, food, and to defend my home. I have been in the same neighborhood where we throw street parties where six of my neighbors are retired military, 3 are active, and 5 of them are LEO's and we all look after each other and their children. There is a bond that is forged in decades of socializing with each other and having each other's back through the bad times, when you truly know who will have your back. Every one is a friend when times are good but not when they are bad. __________________ ONLY TWO DEFINING FORCES HAVE GIVEN UP THEIR LIVES FOR YOU. ONE IS JESUS CHRIST FOR YOUR SOUL AND THE OTHER IS THE AMERICAN SOLDIER FOR YOUR FREEDOM. Last edited by ms6852; February 11, 2021 at 04:10 PM.