My state is about to pass some really stupid laws, but I'm staying to fight. There's less and less of "Free America" left these days, and we can't always run from this problem... eventually it will find us again.
As my screen name implies, I'm here in Colorado, where a "high capacity" magazine ban seems imminent, along with mandatory for-fee background checks on all gun transfers (even to family, even private party sales, etc). Ten years ago no one would have EVER thought Colorado would go this direction, and I'm making it my mission to see that it doesn't, or at the very least to see if I can get any measures that are enacted reversed.
For me it is partially a philosophical issue, and partially an issue of practicality. I simply can't pull up anchor right now to move to one of the other states I'd like to live in. I'm in the middle of my career, with a job that provides good pay and benefits, and we're in an economy that doesn't hand out such jobs too easily. Although I'm opposed to the gun control laws that are looming, leaving here isn't as easy for me now as it would have been ten years ago. Such is life.
Nevertheless, I've had plans to pick up some acreage for a recreational/retirement cabin for some years now, which I had always intended to do here in Colorado. Although I'll still be residing in Colorado for the foreseeable future, I may consider purchasing land in a more friendly state (Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, or Montana, for example). At least in that case I'd have a place to retire to, and a place to store some of my goodies!
In the meantime, I'm trying to make sure that I'm well-equipped with some of the items that may prove harder to come by in the future.