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Not a minor event, like a hurricane or power outage….but The Big Deal. You know, the scenario where the cities are in flames, the escaped convicts are running loose, the supermarkets are stripped bare, the communications are out, and it’s like every bad survivalist novel come to life. THAT sort of scenario. Stay where you are or head to the hills?

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A full 50% of my readership is over the age of 55? That was really unexpected. I thought for sure it would be mostly 30-45 year-olds.

So that means that at least half the people around here are old enough to remember olden days of ‘survivalism’ when it was 1911’s and AR-15’s, Mel Tappan and Kurt Saxon, woodland camouflage and Rambo knives, and Red Dawn and The Day After. Ah, what a time that was.

Now, it’s entirely possible a lot of folks were lying to stack the numbers (for whatever reason) but if the numbers are true…well, thats a pretty interesting little fact, dontcha think?

I gotta say, I was kinda surprised by the numbers in the last poll. 46% of the people responding had been into preparedness for 15 years or less. Put another way, I  had been blogging about preparedness for they even got into it.

Another thing that surprised me was largest group was people who had only been prepping since Obama was President – 6-10 years.

Honestly, I was expecting a fairly even distribution across the board. But, I should probably also consider the age component… most people here are probably in their 30’s…not grey old geezers like myself.

But, now that I think about it, lets address that as well…….

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I was trading “How did YOU get started in preparedness?” stories with someone the other day and did some walking down memory lane.

I remember that like, I believe, 99% of survivalists, my acquiring started with the guns. Or knives. But definitely with the more ‘sexy’ aspects of preparedness. Nowadays though…gun purchases are just as good opportunities present themselves, the focus is on day-to-day stuff, food, and money.

I’ve said it before, but I really think it’s true – when you hit the stage where you spend more time, effort, thought, and money on non-weapony stuff than you do on weapony stuff, you’ve stepped into a new stage of preparedness. Sort of a ‘later season’ or maturation of your life as a survivalist.

I know that right now my focus is very much on finances, putting away day-to-day stuff and food, and positioning myself to be in a position to be more resilient and adaptable. Giving myself options, I suppose, is what it’s all about.

Something about having a huge amount of food in reserve just makes me feel calmer. Ditto for money in the bank, although that’s always a challenge given how there’s always a gun somewhere in the world that needs to be brought into my life.

Let’s do a poll:

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What would you sink money into IF you were inclined to put away something for that future ban specifically for resale? I lean towards items that are cheap enough to let me buy lots of them, and that will turnover quickly…like AR mags. (You can check more than one item on this list)

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TIme for you to play with my poll……

Whaddya think you spend on average per year on stuff to advance your level of preparedness?’On average’…so if you bought a BOV this year, thats not really part of the average unless you buy one every year, capice? And we’re talking items specifically towards your level of preparedness. ‘Dual use’ stuff doesn’t count…think of it this way, it’s specifically an item you bought for preparedness if you wouuldn’t have bought it otherwise.

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Some people like them for the ‘intimidation factor’…the idea that the bad guy sees the little red dot sitting on his sternum and he suddenly decides it’s time for a career change. Others say its a crutch for poor marksmanship. And some day it’s just another gimmicky geegaw that’ll go Tango uniform when you need it most.

Assuming we are talking about daytime visible lasers (‘Red dot”) rather than IR lasers that are used with night vision.

What say you, hive mind?

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SO many nations to choose from.. who do you think is the biggest threat to the US today? ‘Threat’ can mean anything you want it to..economic, military, culture, whatever. Who do you think we need to be keeping an eye on?

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