iamkris
Member
At the risk of sounding like I'm paranoid, I've been doing some thinking about how ready we would actually be in a ultimate 2A situation. I'm not talking about a CCW/mugger/home invasion scenario nor am I talking about a breakdown-of-society/Katrina situation.
In general, I see 3 big categories of uses of guns by private citizens for defense:
1) Personal everyday protection
Many of us here prep for this (although not as much as we probably should) by buying firearms, training with them, thinking through sitations/gaining mindset, being aware. Rating: A-/B+
2) TEOTWAWKI/Katrinia/Lights Out situation
Fewer of us buy the right guns, stockpile supplies/provisions, have a bugout/defense plan, monitor what's going on. Rating: B-/C+
3) Ultimate 2-A scenario
Assuming most of us buy in to the fact that the 2A is not about hunting, nor is it only about everyday self defense. It is the ultimate deterrent to a tyrannical/overbearing government and/or invader.
Here's my quandry...I've been thinking what individuals can do when the deterrent runs out. In the face of an organized, well equipped, well trained foe. With communications and air/arty support. I think a lot of us bluster about how we would resist and give up "when they pull it from my cold dead hands"...and that is a real possibility that you'd be dead.
Individuals and small bands can do a lot of harrassing and damage -- most guerilla warfare histories show us that -- but they are at some level organized. Lots of individuals make a very small impact. Hard to locate small, organized groups do a lot of damage, large groups are easy to overrun.
I've read Unintended Consequences, Lights Out, Enemies Foreign and Domestic series, Molon Labe!, the Fred's Guide to Becoming a Rifleman series and many others...I think they paint a pretty good picture with good lessons
I personally think the Appleseed program is GREAT for getting parts of bullet points #1 and 2 done. Fred's overall concepts help you think through #3 and 4...but how many of us actually follow through? I don't personally have a set of friends with the same committment, training or plan that I do.
Our rating on this: D-/F
I'm not advocating that we all get together in some damp, musty basement every Friday night, look at each other's pot bellys and drink beer, grouse about the government, make homemade explosives (as much fun as that all sounds)...my personal life is WAY too busy for this and it crosses my personal paranoia threshold.
That said, "if the big one blows", how would we actually
1) Be ready
2) Communicate and be organized
3) Take action
Thoughts?
In general, I see 3 big categories of uses of guns by private citizens for defense:
1) Personal everyday protection
Many of us here prep for this (although not as much as we probably should) by buying firearms, training with them, thinking through sitations/gaining mindset, being aware. Rating: A-/B+
2) TEOTWAWKI/Katrinia/Lights Out situation
Fewer of us buy the right guns, stockpile supplies/provisions, have a bugout/defense plan, monitor what's going on. Rating: B-/C+
3) Ultimate 2-A scenario
Assuming most of us buy in to the fact that the 2A is not about hunting, nor is it only about everyday self defense. It is the ultimate deterrent to a tyrannical/overbearing government and/or invader.
Here's my quandry...I've been thinking what individuals can do when the deterrent runs out. In the face of an organized, well equipped, well trained foe. With communications and air/arty support. I think a lot of us bluster about how we would resist and give up "when they pull it from my cold dead hands"...and that is a real possibility that you'd be dead.
Individuals and small bands can do a lot of harrassing and damage -- most guerilla warfare histories show us that -- but they are at some level organized. Lots of individuals make a very small impact. Hard to locate small, organized groups do a lot of damage, large groups are easy to overrun.
I've read Unintended Consequences, Lights Out, Enemies Foreign and Domestic series, Molon Labe!, the Fred's Guide to Becoming a Rifleman series and many others...I think they paint a pretty good picture with good lessons
- You need good equipment (weapons, provisions, and physical conditioning)
- You need to know how to use it
- You need friends with the same
- You need a plan
I personally think the Appleseed program is GREAT for getting parts of bullet points #1 and 2 done. Fred's overall concepts help you think through #3 and 4...but how many of us actually follow through? I don't personally have a set of friends with the same committment, training or plan that I do.
Our rating on this: D-/F
I'm not advocating that we all get together in some damp, musty basement every Friday night, look at each other's pot bellys and drink beer, grouse about the government, make homemade explosives (as much fun as that all sounds)...my personal life is WAY too busy for this and it crosses my personal paranoia threshold.
That said, "if the big one blows", how would we actually
1) Be ready
2) Communicate and be organized
3) Take action
Thoughts?