I know what you're thinking: thank God, it's another know it all prepper. Well, here's the thing.... I'm new to all of this. In my sordid and feverish dreams this becomes a place where I can learn and others can learn from my painful mistakes and wasted money. I want people to contribute to this and make it a place where fresh meat can learn important lessons about basic and rational preparedness. Myself included. Talking about TEOTWAWKI is a fun thought experiment. It's just not very damned likely tomorrow outside of plague or massive solar flare. Even then I think you will see society bounce back faster than most anticipate.
Common topics will be basic preparedness, firearms, tools and knives and physical fitness. Once I am less likely to get myself and others killed the topics will become more complicated.
So on to the meat and potatoes for today.
Why?
Why am I doing this? Because I am a husband and a father in uncertain times. I don't think that I can count on the government or anyone else to take care of my family. I just don't. I think that anyone who DEPENDS on the police to save them fundamentally misunderstands their relationship with the police. I think that anyone who is counting on the federal government to save them slept through Katrina.
I'm a free man. It means I make my own decisions and face the consequences. It means I am armed (protip: having a gun is a good fucking idea if you are capable of acting like a grown up). It means being a grown-ass man. For the record I am equal opportunity: my wife is a grown ass woman and I would defy you to trifle with her.
Perfectly normal and healthy (credit to Doomsday Preppers, a dreadful little show from the tiny bit I have seen).
What do I have to my name today? A basic EDC set up (knife, multi-tool, flash light, lighter and shortly my pistol), a bit of ammo, a Glock 22, some basic emergency supplies (para-cord, iodine tablets, emergency blankets, etc...) and about 10 days of food and water for the folks under my roof. I clearly have work to do.
What?
I need a plan. Tentatively the plan is as follows:
1) Get my pistol permit and a GOOD holster for my Glock 22.
2) Complete my wife's EDC less a handgun.
3) Get my wife a hand gun and pistol permit. She wants Ruger LCR. I lean more towards a full sized quality auto. 40 S&W is my preferred round.
4) Assemble get home bags that can be upgraded to BOBs.
5) Get a quality .22LR long arm. Squirrels. Yum.
6) The entire time this is going on we continue with getting a good cache of food, water, medicine and ammo together. We will also start attending formal shooting classes. I am more capable than most with an M16 or variant but I am not ignorant enough to think that my training with an assault rifle transfers right on over to be a defense minded civilian.
7) More advanced preparedness begins. I want a couple of 40S&W carbines that take Glock mags. The modern version of the old cowboy set up.
I am waaaaaaaaaay open to advice.
Where?
Bug in. I am anticipating bad times that leads to crime and a general decay of society not TEOTWAWKI. Abandoning my house is my last possible choice. I ain't a wilderness guy. I need to learn some wood craft but leading my family into the woods is only going to get us all killed right now. A man has got to know his limitations. I am sneaky enough in the woods but my wilderness skills are lacking and I know it.
When?
Let's be real here: hopefully never. Watching these shit-weasels in Washington, though.... How long can we keep doing the same disastrous crap and expecting it to work? Something that amuses me is the people who cry about how the politicians are risking the global economy yet they laugh at people who are getting prepared. So.... what? You know your head is on the chopping block, you know the guy with the ax doesn't give a single dixie-fried fuck about you and you are just going to lay there and complain?! Nice knowing you, dude.
Who?
Me and the fam. Plus a lousy mooch who lives with us. I kid; he's good people and fully on board.
Who ELSE? Well now... these are some things that I think are worth watching and reading:
FerFAL. The dude is wily and he has lived through SHTF. I bought his book and found it full of good ideas and things that I had never considered.
Sootch. He seems to have his dope dialed in pretty tight. He has some good thoughts on GHBs and whatnot.
70s Big. A good fitness resource. Get strong. Just do it. Be more powerful than the threat.
Crossfit. It's Crossfit. I think they could stand to be programmed... but it's better exercise than most of you are getting right now.
I'm out.
-Willy FTE.
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