"Shoot me now" preppers

[NorthernRaider]

"Shoot me now" preppers
Has anyone else noticed the alarming trend spreading through parts of the survivalist and prepper community that I call the "Shoot me now" preppers. Very wise and intelligent people but normally young men, some clearly with a degree of military training under their belts but equally many with no training, are buying and equipping themselves with the latest “must have” Gucci kit which is more suited to close protection and contractor work than prepping.

These highly motivated folks post images of them regaled in their tactical gear with their Eagle Industries rucksacks, 5:11 clothing, Oakley shades, Danner boots, Tan coloured baseball cap, M4 clone carbine, Tactical gloves, Knee and Elbow pads, and often topped with a Samurai sword or hatchet, coil of rope and big bloody nitrite coated Rambo knife.

The kit selection is fine, but where the plans goes all to hell in my mind is 99% of these folks say " As soon as TSHTF I'll get my kit on and work my way out of the city / town to my place of safety" fighting off Zombie, Hells angels, Rioters, Refugees, Armed Cops and Troops along the way.

C'mon folks puleeease look at these folks, they are just bloody great big walking targets saying " Hey look at me I'm cool, I'm armed and I've got shit loads of expensive kit" YES they frequently have a tactical carbine or similar weapon system to protect themselves with, but for heavens sake most of them will die (especially in the US) when some teen with a 22 cal plinking gun puts a 22 round into his head as he goes down the street looking like he is protecting Sheik Rattle N Roll in Baghdad.

Yes we do need to be as best equipped and ready as possible, but our chances of survival, especially if we are being forced to walk out of a big city on foot is to NOT attract attention to ourselves. We are NOT looking for a fight, we are NOT expert warriors, and a kid in the nearby council flats we are walking past could just as easily shoot us with a 22, drop a lump of concrete on our heads or put a bolt or arrow into us because we look like we have stuff worth taking.

It does not matter one iota if you have the latest version of the Colt M416 with H & K updates, forward grips, lasers, flashlights and tactical sling. The kid or thug in the shadows with the half brick, illegal sawn off, or dodgy reactivated pistol has the upper hand he is still, in the shadows waiting for you to come into his kill zone. if you look just like another scared sheeple with nothing to offer he is less likely to take you on. We must lose the Rambo attitude and adopt the quiet professional prepper attitude of not making ourselves inviting targets because of vanity or machismo.