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Your emergency disaster kit should include an AR-15 or similar battle rifle. Civilization will decay considerably in such an event and it may take a good week

Your emergency disaster kit should include an AR-15 or similar battle rifle. Civilization will decay considerably in such an event and it may take a good week or two to get the national guard deployed.

Nevermark 3y ago
> Civilization will decay […] I used to sing a twisted version of a children’s song with my kids. (No psych damage I know of!) “We are going to eat, eat, eat, peoples & baneenees!” Hopefully food drops happen very quickly!
emptysongglass 3y ago
It's at this point when preparedness turns into weird, fringe thinking that's also dangerous. A battle rifle can be used to hurt people. Assuming others will try to hurt you in an emergency event is the basis for what people think of when they imagine "peppers": basically, people who believe the world and everything in it is out to get them. It doesn't hurt to be prepared but spending a significant part of your life crafting your post-apocalyptic future informs more about your stance toward living and toward people than it does healthy relations with the world.
- mgarfias 3y ago
  https://hwfo.substack.com/p/the-surprisingly-solid-mathematical https://hwfo.substack.com/p/the-surprisingly-solid-mathemati...
  - emptysongglass 3y ago
    Many words spent to justify owning a battle rifle that boils down to > So if you ask someone else on the opposite side of a culture war argument, “Why would you want to own one of those things, anyway?” please don’t be surprised if they simply respond, “Why wouldn’t you?” They also admit the sample size of a few hundred years for the US is poor before then going on to compare the US to autocratic countries like Russia. Let's say you now own a battle rifle. Now what? Well, you can't just have a battle rifle lying around the house. So you buy a battle rifle safe. Now what? Well, you can't just own a battle rifle and now know what to do with it in case all Hell breaks loose can you? So now you have to go down to the shooting range and learn how to shoot the thing. Now what? The heavily armed squads that are going to be raiding your block are probably really good shooters so you better buy a few more and buy lessons for the whole family. See where I'm going with this? A prepper's mind geared up for such a man-on-man scenario of doomsday violence will never be satisfied.
    - robcohen 3y ago
      I’m just curious, you keep referring to it as a battle rifle. Do you think a non-battle rifle is more appropriate, or are you saying that battles should never be engaged in.
      - emptysongglass 3y ago
        I am using the same language as the commenter I replied to. That was intended.

Nevermark 3y ago

> Civilization will decay […] I used to sing a twisted version of a children’s song with my kids. (No psych damage I know of!) “We are going to eat, eat, eat, peoples & baneenees!” Hopefully food drops happen very quickly!

emptysongglass 3y ago

It's at this point when preparedness turns into weird, fringe thinking that's also dangerous. A battle rifle can be used to hurt people. Assuming others will try to hurt you in an emergency event is the basis for what people think of when they imagine "peppers": basically, people who believe the world and everything in it is out to get them. It doesn't hurt to be prepared but spending a significant part of your life crafting your post-apocalyptic future informs more about your stance toward living and toward people than it does healthy relations with the world.

mgarfias 3y ago
https://hwfo.substack.com/p/the-surprisingly-solid-mathematical https://hwfo.substack.com/p/the-surprisingly-solid-mathemati...
- emptysongglass 3y ago
  Many words spent to justify owning a battle rifle that boils down to > So if you ask someone else on the opposite side of a culture war argument, “Why would you want to own one of those things, anyway?” please don’t be surprised if they simply respond, “Why wouldn’t you?” They also admit the sample size of a few hundred years for the US is poor before then going on to compare the US to autocratic countries like Russia. Let's say you now own a battle rifle. Now what? Well, you can't just have a battle rifle lying around the house. So you buy a battle rifle safe. Now what? Well, you can't just own a battle rifle and now know what to do with it in case all Hell breaks loose can you? So now you have to go down to the shooting range and learn how to shoot the thing. Now what? The heavily armed squads that are going to be raiding your block are probably really good shooters so you better buy a few more and buy lessons for the whole family. See where I'm going with this? A prepper's mind geared up for such a man-on-man scenario of doomsday violence will never be satisfied.
  - robcohen 3y ago
    I’m just curious, you keep referring to it as a battle rifle. Do you think a non-battle rifle is more appropriate, or are you saying that battles should never be engaged in.
    - emptysongglass 3y ago
      I am using the same language as the commenter I replied to. That was intended.