Originally Posted by
JustInTime
In times of a societal collapse, people turn feral in around 24 hours. First and foremost you need protection from those feral creatures that will kill you and your family to take what you have. There's a lot of scum out there that will find it easier to go after the perceived weak than it is to actually work for their food and supplies. Once the urban area's empty and starvation starts to set in for millions of people, I think the defense of friends and family will be first and foremost the most important thing to focus on.
I have no illusions that hunting for food won't be extremely difficult in shtf / teotwawki situation and that is certainly not what I was saying. I think my foraging and gardening skills are probably better than my hunting skills anyway. The hoard of ammo I talked about is more for defense than anything else.
It's problematic. Let's take something real life that's going on today as an example: Ebola has broken out in some areas. What there is of a government has instituted a quarantine where people are not allowed to leave the region.
The U.S. government would do the same thing in a similar circumstance. It's MUCH better equipped and the the Department of Homeland Security already has contingency plans in place. It's already got staging areas for refugee camps along with crematories built. They're seven steps ahead of you. By the time you figure out that it's time to "bug out" it will probably be too late.
Have you ever been caught in gridlock traffic ? Maybe a semi trailer truck jack knifed across the highway five miles up the road ? Now imagine every exit out of the city & suburban areas being like that. Your only option would be to throw a 60 lb pack on your back and hoof it out to the rural areas. What about the weakest members of your family ? Would they be able to make the trek ? How long would the be able to live out in the wild ?
See what i'm saying ? Most of the survival scenarios that people have in their heads wouldn't work in a real life situation.
Besides .... all that ammo is heavy as hell to lug around.
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