brass == ammunition. When Y2K was rolling around, some of my tinfoil hat coworkers would talk openly about all the supplies they had stocked up. They asked me

brass == ammunition. When Y2K was rolling around, some of my tinfoil hat coworkers would talk openly about all the supplies they had stocked up. They asked me what I had stockpiled. "Only brass, mostly 5,56. But, thanks for letting me know where I can come and get perishable goods if needed." I'm all for diversification, and do truthfully have some investments in precious metals, but not for some end-of-days kind of scenario.