Re: How many gun owners on this board are taking steps to based on the upcoming elect
How do you prepare and for what?
Start by making a list of things you cannot do without for a set period of time, stat with 30 days and work your way out, one can be without services for that long and under really bad situations it could far longer. Think, as this thread suggests, a means to defend yourself and family, think about meals and what you normally eat and would want on hand. Think about any meds anyone in the family needs, do you have at least a 30 day supply, what happens if they do not, not to mention normal things such as flue meds, pain relievers..... H anaow about T-tissue, toothpaste, foil, ........ Build a list then slowly start building your supplies, Rome was not born in a day and you will learn things along the way and some ideas will turn out to not be so good. Set your priorities, and what you believe you need most. There is a lot of literature out there, and feel free to ask away if you are not sure on something. Oh and think staying at home or getting out of town if need be, build a Bug Out Bag for everyone in the family, it could be very important. We prepare for everything we can, could we get hit by a tornado I am in Texas), how about an earthquake (becoming common here, all small so far, how about a National Power outage (several ways that can happen), maybe society finally decides anarchy is the preferable method (looked around lately). Anyway, we are not preparing for any specific emergency we are trying to cover our bases as much as possible and it really was not all that expensive but I did learn a lot in the process. As I said, if nothing happens, Great, I have extra camping supplies for friends and family, I have extra ammo and guns for when we go out and do some plinking, and if we run out of sugar or toothpaste we know we have some in the stock room, nothing wrong with that. Heck we even got to do a good deed when a young couple we knew ran out of food and we gave them nearly a months worth of meals and even snacks to carry them through, you should have seen their faces when we showed up with the goods, the girl cried and I think he was close to it, they have now learned and have their own small supply stock on hand and are working on building up those things they believe they would need just in case. Speaking of which, prepping is based on your needs and what is important to you and yours, there are basics but there are also things that will differ from person to person. An example is the topic of this thread, are you comfortable with firearms, how about your other half, if you are do not assume they will be so what may work for you may not be something they will be comfortable with and maybe a different tool will be better for them, I like my AR's and High Caliber rifles and my handguns tend to be on the larger capacity size, but I have been a lifelong shooter and was a Grunt in the Army, my wife on the other hand is 5'2'' and while she can shoot all our firearms with skill she will always grab for her Ruger 22/10 Takedown and Ruger LC9 Pro when we go off he shoot a little because she is most comfortable with them. Same goes for many items, let them pick out some of their own gear and make sure they know how to use everything, that means using the stuff so it is not a mystery, reading manuals in an emergency is not good game plan. Try planning out what you would do and discuss it with your other half so everyone knows what they should be doing. Anyway there are a lot of things to learn and we are going off topic here, I would suggest doing some reading but remember some people will be adamant and insist doing things exactly like they did or you are doomed, just move on to the next set of information, you can gain all the knowledge you need and decide for yourself on what would work best for you. The only thing I would add is to think about this, if something Bad really did happen and it was wide spread and your family looks to you for survival will you be prepared to deal with it or have no answer for them?
