Kodiaz
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Wow that Mabu stuff is hilarious. I wish I could have opened all the links
If youre "scared" at the thought of people buying ammo to protect themselves and their family in case the worst did happen (and don't kid yourself by thinking that it can't because thats just fantasy.) then I would suggest some warm milk and a nap.Waffen said:People who stockpile rounds and guns for the sole purpose of anticipating a government collapse flat out scare me. I shoot and reload because it's my passion. It's on a byproduct that I might be better prepared than somone else in a disaster.
adaman04 said:Maybe if some of the folks in NO, LA had done some of these stupid scenarios, we wouldn't have to be down there wiping so many a$$es. Don't get me wrong, those people needed A LOT of help. But, should any able-bodied person have been completely helpless? No. Just because I keep plenty of ammo and food and water in the house should I need it doesn't make me an idiot or a worrier. It's called being prepared. You shouldn't wear your seatbelt either, because what are the real chances you're going to have an accident? See my point?
Thin Black Line said:Week #1: "I have a gun, a lot of ammo, and some food. I'll be OK."
Week #2: "I have a gun, a little less ammo and no food. I think I
need to get some food...."
Week #3: "I have a gun, some ammo, I'm starving and I know how to get
some food."
Manedwolf said:That's nice if you have the money to spend on preparedness supplies, to renew your stock every few years, etc, etc...
A lot of people don't. And that's just reality. And they're GOOD people. Hardworking people who might not have made it through school, but they'd been working hard at factories for 20 years, got laid off, and are barely squeaking by, working two or more crap jobs to feed their family.
There's a LOT of those. And they're your fellow Americans. What you're doing is showing that you've absorbed the administration's new ethos that everyone is on their own, needs to be self-sufficient, etc...for some part, that's true, but NOT when help is needed in a major diaster and people with no money and no car ended up trapped and desparate. Then, the government is supposed to be the rescuer and provider. That's what first-world nations do.
Isn't it a little sad that even dirt-poor-population Cuba managed to better organize busing-out of their poorest residents from areas to be hardest hit by the hurricane, and all we had was Brownie's comedy of errors while he worried about where to have dinner?
As I mentioned in another thread, I saw a lot of satellite dishes on buildings in the "poor" part of New Orleans. A month without sat/cable service would easily give a family of four the bare necessities to wait out a 72 hour timeframe for help to arrive. I can buy a 12 pack of soup for $6 at Costco. Going a few months without basic cable and putting that money towards disaster supplies, a family of four could wait for govt help in relative comfort for a good week.A lot of people don't. And that's just reality. And they're GOOD people. Hardworking people who might not have made it through school, but they'd been working hard at factories for 20 years, got laid off, and are barely squeaking by, working two or more crap jobs to feed their family.