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> And one small advantage of NYC is that my neighbors probably won't be coming at me with rifles and shotguns, either. No, they'll be forming packs and gangs a
by NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
> And one small advantage of NYC is that my neighbors probably won't be coming at me with rifles and shotguns, either.
No, they'll be forming packs and gangs and groups. And though you see differently in movies, once there are more than about 3-4 of them who are intent on killing you, you will have zero chance of living through that. They won't need guns to do this. Baseball bats and knives and whatever else they can get their hands on, and you'll be done for.
Guns would make such gangs slightly more dangerous for you, but at the same time they make you much more dangerous to them.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoThis is verging on "Turner Diaries" level of prepper pandering.
- pavel_lishin 12y agoYeah, I can't decide whether it's just simple escalation - if we all have bats, it's not significantly different if we all have guns - but then again, guns do amplify power much more, so attacking someone who only has a bat when you've only got bats seems much safer than attacking someone with a gun when you've also got guns.
- hga 12y agoThe combination of rifles "of military utility" (e.g. a turn of the last century bolt action service rifle, or at least the design, such as this last remaining or about used up variety: http://www.gunbroker.com/All/BI.aspx?Keywords=Mosin+Nagant http://www.gunbroker.com/All/BI.aspx?Keywords=Mosin+Nagant), knowing how to use them, and having them sighted in, is much, much more than an escalation. Against the untrained, or those with only shotguns or handguns, as long as you don't let them get within 100 or so yards of you, you're pretty safe and they're bleeding on the ground or have fled. Although as the previously mentioned Bruce Clayton pointed out, budget some of your money for food for other people. You need more people pulling triggers than yourself.