Quote Originally Posted by Colorado Luckydog View Post
My first time in Survival forum was yeterday. I learned a lot in just a few minutes of reading. There's a lot more to SHTF senarios than just having plenty of ammo and guns. If I went right out and bought eveything I want to buy right now, my wife would chop my nuts off. So I set a goal to get as "prepared" as I can, by the end of the summer. You guys will be seeing me in this forum more often.
This brings up a point I always like to make. Ammo and guns are about worthless in a SHTF if you do nothing else. Who are you going to take food from? The family down the road that didn't prepare either and has nothing left after 2 days?

Nope, you're going to get the bright idea to go to try and take stuff from that survivalist guy down the road. But trust me, he's going to be a lot better prepared to defend himself than you ever will be attacking.

The proper mindset to have is that you have guns and ammo to protect what you have prepared from those that don't have it. That's about it.