The happiest day of my Life will be at my Funeral,,,when all my Friends and Family will be chuckling about Dave who prepared for the Disaster that never came.
I am 63 and can still do everything I could do at 20, it just takes me longer, physically I am not as tough, mentally I am tougher.
I collect guns and ammo, because I enjoy shooting them with Friends and Family and hunting and the outdoors, it's fun!
As far as SHTF, I think we are in for some hard times economically in the future and someday I think they will try to take our firearms away and destroy the 2nd Amendment, but until that day or an epidemic or natural disaster or a war, I have no idea how far in the future an event like that might occur, probably not in my lifetime. So my firearms and ammo are inventoried and cataloged for my heirs to keep or sell at their discretion.
However, I think everyone should have a plan in place just like life insurance or car insuranse or household insurance. Living off the land by hunting and fishing is a tough lifestyle, especially if you are in competition with everyone else. Living out of a backpack is just plain brutal most would probably not survive winter. I have friends and family who farm, on one farm we have a pump well that runs off a windmill or can be hand pumped to provide water although the same property has a stream and a pond which also provides water. The land provides food crops for people and livestock, timber for hunting and firewood and building supplies,and everyone realizes that to defend and work such a property will take many people pooling their resources and skills together, power and hand tools and equipment, freeze dried foods and other food supplies, seed, fishing equipment, firearms and ammo, medical supplies, etc. While not perfect at least it is a plan for something that I hope never happens.
Actually when the US implodes and there are no jobs here, we will all be crossing the border into Mexico as illegal immigrants! Good old Jimmy Buffet, sunshine and beaches and bikinis, and margaritas, no more shovelling snow for me!