Not if you're a subsistence farmer out in the boonies with a bunch of hidden, unregistered guns. :P As for gold though, it takes a long-term view of the apocal

Not if you're a subsistence farmer out in the boonies with a bunch of hidden, unregistered guns. :P As for gold though, it takes a long-term view of the apocalypse. In the immediate aftermath, no one will care about gold. Guns, food, etc will all be at a premium. It might take a decade or so for people to care about gold, and even then enough of the population will probably be dead that gold can be had by looting for jewellery that no longer has an owner.