[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by injdinjn

If you have too much stuff and the wrong roving gang finds out you might not have enough guns/ammo to hold them off.

A you don't advertise and B you have family and friends on board and armed/trained to the teeth. From a security POV, the only thing you have to do is make yourself a hard enough target to make them look elsewhere. Remember the Korean shop keepers during the LA ritos. Not many of them were looted . . . the shotguns were probably why. The only roving gang I'm genuinely worried about is the government. In Katrina some people were holding their own just fine until those POS bastards (illegally and immorally) disarmed them. The government can shoot your wife and burn your children and not a thing will happen to them. A couple teenage hooligans don't worry me.

re: Lack of food. One morning the single guy I worked with came kinda moaning. Seems all he had in the house for breakfast was a can of Chili con Carne and his stomach was retaliating. LOL

I just had an image of 10s of thousands of people having eaten chilli for breakfast. Yikes.

A family lost their house across the street so I was nosing around and found a box labeled "disaster" on it. Contained 2 collapsible water jugs, mag light, some misc items and $40. If I had any idea where they went I would have sent them the money but better in my pocket then the trash.

Legit. They abandoned it.

It's also not like I'm anywhere near great on these issues, I'm tell myself to step it up as much as telling others. It's also not like anyone has to do it overnight, just consider the issues and make a commitment to work on them over time.

[Shaolin Crane]

Originally Posted by Vettezuki

I'm genuinely worried about is the government. In Katrina some people were holding their own just fine until those POS bastards (illegally and immorally) disarmed them. The government can shoot your wife and burn your children and not a thing will happen to them. A couple teenage hooligans don't worry me

I'd have no issue dropping anyone (gobernment or other) if some one tried to take a weapon of mine from me

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by Shaolin Crane

I'd have no issue dropping anyone (gobernment or other) if some one tried to take a weapon of mine from me

The difference is a fight with government means you will die. Maybe it'll be a good and noble death, but you aren't going to out-violence them. It's the one thing they are actually very good at.

[Shaolin Crane]

Taking my weapon means i'll die either way, this way I take some one with me.

[Vettezuki]

Originally Posted by Shaolin Crane

Taking my weapon means i'll die either way, this way I take some one with me.

In a Mad Max scenario, you're probably right. Let's hope nothing ever gets that gnarly and honestly it probably won't. But an Earthquake in SoCal that wreaks enough havoc to be out of power and water, with food shortages for a week or two is very possible. Most people would survive, but the experience will likely be miserable. With preparation, it'll be more like an impromptu vacation. A couple weeks ago, my brother was coming over to my home wood working shop to finish up a his senior design project. A local transformer had blown and the power was out. First time in ten years. Failure was not an option . . period. So we sat around waiting for the power to go back on . We had to work til 6:00 am the next morning . . then go to work school. If I had a generator or battery backup (both on my list), we would have just motored right on through.

Beyond this, things like getting hurt/sick, losing a job, etc., are actually relatively high in probability (compared to major disaster.) These too require preparation.