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12 April 2012, 11:33
Your right TOF.
This "we're armed and ready" cockiness is everywhere in the survivalist and prepper worlds. Mostly by people who think they can shoot their way out of trouble. Mostly by those who have never had to.
No matter what firepower me and my friends can lay down, it'll only attract attention anyway. I also consider that attackers may be better armed than me i.e. pilfered military weapons.
Crossbows, bows, shotguns, 30-50 yards maximum? Or will it be kukri's full on one on one? It takes me 15-20 seconds to reload my crossbow. During most of that time my eyes are off target. In combat? You're toast.
I sometimes wonder if they also considered shooting at a woman or child? The joke is “apply less of a leadâ€Â, the reality is . . . different.
I'm country based and am sure that city dwellers will migrate outwards when the ROL collapses and the shops are emptied.
Problem is what are they looking for? Farms, yes BUT what will they be looking for AT FIRST?
It'll be your STORES, FOR YOUR TAPS, YOUR BED, and there is always the danger of DISEASE!
All this leads to the conclusion that home invasion will be the number one worry for me. Am I equipped to deal with this?
Probably not because there will be more of them than me or even our little group to handle. There lies the problem. If AND WHEN we're overrun, where do you bug out to if you are already bugged out (so to speak)?
Readers are probably saying, isn't that a negative approach?
Not really but one I was taught. Plan for the worse but always have a better plan for escape and evasion!
My REALISTIC option, like a lot of country folk, is therefore very limited and will revolve round keeping folk away from my dwelling, fortifying, and deception i.e. looking like it's not worth the effort, or just too damn hard, or too visually dangerous (diseased shredded bloody carcasses for instance).
It'll not stop a determined force but making life hard to approach me and even harder to enter or use my out buildings seems the only option. Basically security and DOGS with a last resort of things that go boom!
As for the zombies? I've yet to see a film where they can unlock gates.
p.s. Sorry if I've offended anyone especially the crossbow and shotgun fraternity.
This "we're armed and ready" cockiness is everywhere in the survivalist and prepper worlds. Mostly by people who think they can shoot their way out of trouble. Mostly by those who have never had to.
No matter what firepower me and my friends can lay down, it'll only attract attention anyway. I also consider that attackers may be better armed than me i.e. pilfered military weapons.
Crossbows, bows, shotguns, 30-50 yards maximum? Or will it be kukri's full on one on one? It takes me 15-20 seconds to reload my crossbow. During most of that time my eyes are off target. In combat? You're toast.
I sometimes wonder if they also considered shooting at a woman or child? The joke is “apply less of a leadâ€Â, the reality is . . . different.
I'm country based and am sure that city dwellers will migrate outwards when the ROL collapses and the shops are emptied.
Problem is what are they looking for? Farms, yes BUT what will they be looking for AT FIRST?
It'll be your STORES, FOR YOUR TAPS, YOUR BED, and there is always the danger of DISEASE!
All this leads to the conclusion that home invasion will be the number one worry for me. Am I equipped to deal with this?
Probably not because there will be more of them than me or even our little group to handle. There lies the problem. If AND WHEN we're overrun, where do you bug out to if you are already bugged out (so to speak)?
Readers are probably saying, isn't that a negative approach?
Not really but one I was taught. Plan for the worse but always have a better plan for escape and evasion!
My REALISTIC option, like a lot of country folk, is therefore very limited and will revolve round keeping folk away from my dwelling, fortifying, and deception i.e. looking like it's not worth the effort, or just too damn hard, or too visually dangerous (diseased shredded bloody carcasses for instance).
It'll not stop a determined force but making life hard to approach me and even harder to enter or use my out buildings seems the only option. Basically security and DOGS with a last resort of things that go boom!
As for the zombies? I've yet to see a film where they can unlock gates.
p.s. Sorry if I've offended anyone especially the crossbow and shotgun fraternity.