Friday, January 11, 2013

In the meantime, while others are gnashing their teeth in frustration . . .

While we are waiting for either (a) the other shoe to drop, or, (b) the panic to subside, there are a number of things you can be doing besides being frustrated that you can't immediately buy what you want as far as firearms and ammunition.
How are your long-term storage food stocks? There is no panic in that market -- yet. See to your logistics. If you are temporarily stymied on bullets, look to your beans.
How's your fitness? Take out your frustration by getting in shape.
See to your marksmanship skills. Go to the range, attend an Appleseed shoot, practice and then practice again.
A lot of us have projects sitting to one side that we haven't finished -- reloading sessions that we've been putting off, an unreliable weapon that needs some TLC gunsmithing, ammo in the box but not combat packed in bandoleers, stripper clips and ammo cans. Finish up what you can.
Don't leave all your eggs in one basket. Cache.
Train. Organize. Confront your county sheriff about whether or not he will be enforcing Fed diktat or interposing himself between the people and the tyranny.
Whatever you do, it's better than gnashing your teeth in frustration.

11 comments:

Torque said...

Good points to follow through...

Crustyrusty said...

You can still get .22lr and the rifles to fire them, at least for now. Use them for a part of your marksmanship training and you won't have to burn up the scarce stuff.

SWIFT said...

Good points. I would add that patriots work on their mental conditioning to unhesitatingly and without thought, shoot an aggressor. Being locked and loaded is never enough. If you hesitate, you might as well surrender.

Anonymous said...

Amen, preach on, Brother

SpiderMonkey

drjim said...

Excellent advice, Mike!

TimeHasCome said...

Every government uses food as a means of submission . Please stock up now when prices are so low . The US is the OPEC of food . The average person consumes 700 to 1000 pounds of food a year. Trade your Bernake bucks now for something real . This is all coming down , please be prepared.

Allen said...

while may of us have extra rifles, are we prepared to set up people to use those rifles?

plenty of vets don't own, but will be on our side once TSHTF. LBE is still pretty cheap, and some of it can be improvised.

Paul X said...

Make sure you are flush with .22LR, both guns and ammo. If ever SHTF, your neighbor will come begging for a gun that he neglected to buy when he could. A .22 is not much for defense against crime and gangs, but that's his lookout, not yours! It's a heck of a lot better than nothing. Make sure to charge him sufficiently to make a profit.

Great list of suggestions, Mike.

Anonymous said...

Talked with my Sheriff today.
This from him.

"I will tell you this. I will not do anything to help the federal government in the seizure of weapons, magazines, or ammunition in the scenario as you describe. In fact, case law supports me in that regard."

Danny Diggs,
York County Sheriff

Chris said...

Ah yes. The famous teeth from the shining right?

CIII

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this post. So many things have utility in a fight. If you have a camp kitchen, you can provide hot meals. What do you need to be ready to do that? Spare propane, spare gas cans, food obviously. An old couple in a winnebago can be a hospital for a few wounded. Man, dressing one wound through the whole healing process can take a lot of bandages! Stock up. Are you a carpenter, an equipment operator, have a front end loader on your tractor? Be ready to be a combat engineer. The list goes on and on, of course we should all be riflemen but we will need our other skills as well.
-Erik from Seattle