i used to be all about the bugging out, as i feel i would be much safer and able to survive fine out there. but i think its just impractical. hell, denver has enough problems with lack of easy routes out of town, it would be a mess if it was truly severe civil unrest. as such, bugging in it is. i have a tower with 360 degree views that i would probably perch in with a few rifles. basement has a hidden safe room with a vault door and escape hatch to the outside. i really wanted to build the house out of concrete but it just wasn't plausible cost wise. as cool as it would be to be mostly bullet proof and definitely fire proof, the likelihood of that made it impossible to convince me to spend another 60k.

I've tossed around the idea of buying an armored vehicle like a ferret or something so if need be i could travel fairly safely, but again its unlikely and having 20k to blow just isn't going to happen anytime soon. plus you are then limited on capacity. right now with my wife and i its fine but with kids too difficult. any armored vehicle much bigger, except maybe a brdm, has a cost just too high.

in general i think if its just unrest people are going to stay away from a house heavily armed and not afraid to use it. i live in town but on 1.5 acres with decent space on all sides and at the end of a dead end cul de sac. leo my neighbor is heavily armed and he's across the street. the chances some every day goons would really try to push their luck with that is awfully low.

now if red dawn occurs thats a different story. luckily thats even less likely.