bamawrx
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You guys have friends that don't own guns? 
In a SHTF scenario would you let a friend or neighbor borrow a gun?
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GTKrockeTT
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i have a decent collection of firearms, but if i had only 1 gun, it would already be more than all my friends combined. that said, i have taken many of them shooting, and they are familiar with most of mine. they just tend not to buy their own...saying things like, if something really goes down, i'm driving to [my] house.
JeepDriver
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Neighbors don't know I own guns and I'm trying to keep it that way.
There are only 3 friends I'd loan a gun to, but they all have guns! One of them would need a good long gun though
Everyone else can pound sand
There are only 3 friends I'd loan a gun to, but they all have guns! One of them would need a good long gun though
Everyone else can pound sand
standingbear
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friend neighbor..why not if they can help in a free for all.if it was life or death,it wouldnt matter.Id just be glad for the help.
In a normal just wanting to go try a different gun..doubtful- family only(or friends I consider family) and wether or not I went along with them to go plinkin depends on how much trust I have in them in being safe and careful with my guns...not to mention treating them with great respect.
In a normal just wanting to go try a different gun..doubtful- family only(or friends I consider family) and wether or not I went along with them to go plinkin depends on how much trust I have in them in being safe and careful with my guns...not to mention treating them with great respect.
El Rojo
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That is one of the reasons I justify having as many guns as I do. All of my friends who don't make guns such a priority are the ones I plan on arming and having assist me in my goals at the time. My neighbors also apply. From my understanding, our neighborhood should do just fine.
lycanthrope
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He can load mags while I kill zombies.......
ReadyontheRight
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El Rojo -- We need to move into the same neighborhood! No S. will dare H. T. F. !
I assume you'll be manning the Garand so you can shoot the zombies one-handed.
I assume you'll be manning the Garand so you can shoot the zombies one-handed.
El Rojo
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A Garand in one hand and the M1A in the other. So that leaves about 20 plus more people I can equip. Unless they each have a gun in each hand and then it is closer to 10 give or take a few.
Seriously, why else would someone own so many guns if they weren't willing to give a bunch to their friends and neighbors in a SHTF scenario? You most certainly aren't going to be able to use them all at once and you aren't going to throw them all in your economy car and bug out. The point in having all of those guns is so you can arm the neighborhood and defend the area as a team.
I live on the edge of town where we could cut off our neighborhood by blocking two roads. You man some people on those two roads and have roving sentries to guard the perimeter. When you have like minded people and all of our livlihoods are at stake, I don't think you would have a problem organizing the few hundred people in that neighborhood into an effective force for resisting civil unrest. Now if we are talking us vs. the government, then yeah, you need to get all of your stuff and bug out.
Seriously, why else would someone own so many guns if they weren't willing to give a bunch to their friends and neighbors in a SHTF scenario? You most certainly aren't going to be able to use them all at once and you aren't going to throw them all in your economy car and bug out. The point in having all of those guns is so you can arm the neighborhood and defend the area as a team.
I live on the edge of town where we could cut off our neighborhood by blocking two roads. You man some people on those two roads and have roving sentries to guard the perimeter. When you have like minded people and all of our livlihoods are at stake, I don't think you would have a problem organizing the few hundred people in that neighborhood into an effective force for resisting civil unrest. Now if we are talking us vs. the government, then yeah, you need to get all of your stuff and bug out.
LiquidTension
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The only people outside of my family that I trust enough to loan a gun to would be the same people that head to the hills with me when SHTF. So yeah, I'd loan to friends...because they'd be next to me Neighbors? No way. I don't know them.
[edit] - I don't have enough guns to arm more than my friends anyway.
Neighbors? No way. I don't know them.[edit] - I don't have enough guns to arm more than my friends anyway.
stealthmode
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i only know one of my neighbors and he already has his own guns, so the rest of them, unless they start waving back at me when i wave then they are going to be on their own
Seriously, why else would someone own so many guns if they weren't willing to give a bunch to their friends and neighbors in a SHTF scenario?
Cause they are fun to shoot?
My extremely meager collection pales in comparison to many around here (including yours), but I didn't buy any of them for SHTF, I bought them to hunt or shoot at the range. Many would be useful if the SHTF, and that hasn't escaped my attention, but I didn't buy them to loan them out, or even to hoard them to myself in a SHTF situation.
Of course, if the situation arose I probably would loan to some folks, not to others. Depends on the person. Some people, in my judgment, wouldn't be capable of pulling the trigger when the time came. I'd be better off with them loading mags, or just plain out of my hair hiding in a basement somewhere. Most of my family fits in this category, sadly.
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El Rojo
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Ah, I love Kern County and being on top of the list. I would just like to know who the ten people are in San Francisco.
entropy
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Well, just as in the days of yore with front stuffers, one could pile them all, loaded, in the immediate vicinity.
And not everybody drives an economy car. I could fit a lot more guns than I own into my Expedition. I have some guns I'd loan to the hapless unarmed fools I am related too, and a select few freinds who don't own, or only own 1, so they could 'butter knife brigade' it, and trade up. 
Lonestar.45
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I love guns as much as the next guy, but I think at some point, one reaches a critical mass of guns, and having more is just overkill, IHMO. For everyone it's different, sure. I know, that's heresey on this board, but I don't want or need 20 Mosins and 15 SKS's and 48 handguns, especially if I wasn't willing to hand them out in a SHTF situation.
If one is REALLY intent on preparing for a SHTF scenario, instead of having 50 guns, limit your collection somewhat, and spend the rest of the $ you save on ammo, food storage, a generator, medical supplies, you know, all the boring non-flashy stuff that you'll REALLY need. Of course, that's just one man's opinion.
If one is REALLY intent on preparing for a SHTF scenario, instead of having 50 guns, limit your collection somewhat, and spend the rest of the $ you save on ammo, food storage, a generator, medical supplies, you know, all the boring non-flashy stuff that you'll REALLY need. Of course, that's just one man's opinion.
Tamara
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I don't have neighbors...
...I have a fire team.
...I have a fire team.
This is an interesting question. Having sat and thought on it for some time, I've decided that it depends on the situation. What kind of S is HTF? Is there a riot in the street? Has some foreign power bombed us into a post-apocalyptic Kevin Costner in a trenchcoat scenario? Is China attacking the mainland?
I have to say, the only way I'd loan someone a gun is if the enemy is down the street and headed this way.
I have to say, the only way I'd loan someone a gun is if the enemy is down the street and headed this way.
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