Some of you might be wondering: why do people want so many guns? There are many reasons, but I want to go into one that motivates me: prepping for civil unrest.
Let's suppose you'e a family of four. And you want to prep for an extended period of civil unrest (such as has happened in Argentina, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Venezuela, etc).
In such a situation, manufacturing and transport systems are dysfunctional/non-functional. Many critical goods cannot be acquired at all or only for a high price. Police and military many be pre-occupied and unable to respond. (Or may be the attackers themselves.) You might have to wait years before things settle down enough that goods can be acquired easily again.
Different kinds of guns serve different purposes.
* handgun - useful for every day carry (shopping, hunting, scavenging), defending against carjacking
* rifle - useful for long distance targets, hunting
* shotgun - useful for short range self defense (burglar), hunting
Ideally, every family member will have their own guns to train with, so that if one or more of the family members become ill or injured the other family members can take up the defense.
Also, a good rule of thumb is "one is none, two is one" for any critical piece of equipment. For example, suppose you have just one generator. If it's stolen, broken, etc then you're SOL, and you lose all of your frozen foods, diabetes meds, etc.
So you want two generators, not just one, in case the first generator is lost. Same goes for guns. You also should stock parts kits, fuel, ammo, consumables, etc.
It's also a good idea to stock extras to share with friends and family, trade for other goods, etc. Owning multiple sets of guns also allows you to create multiple caches, such that if you're driven from your current home, you still have access to self-defense.
So, following the above principles, a family of four might reasonable aim for the following gun collection:
minimum: 12 guns (three of each kind for every family member)
recommended: 24 guns (12 + spares for every family member)
ideal: 24 + extra guns and ammo to share/trade/cache
Let's suppose you'e a family of four. And you want to prep for an extended period of civil unrest (such as has happened in Argentina, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Venezuela, etc).
In such a situation, manufacturing and transport systems are dysfunctional/non-functional. Many critical goods cannot be acquired at all or only for a high price. Police and military many be pre-occupied and unable to respond. (Or may be the attackers themselves.) You might have to wait years before things settle down enough that goods can be acquired easily again.
Different kinds of guns serve different purposes.
* handgun - useful for every day carry (shopping, hunting, scavenging), defending against carjacking
* rifle - useful for long distance targets, hunting
* shotgun - useful for short range self defense (burglar), hunting
Ideally, every family member will have their own guns to train with, so that if one or more of the family members become ill or injured the other family members can take up the defense.
Also, a good rule of thumb is "one is none, two is one" for any critical piece of equipment. For example, suppose you have just one generator. If it's stolen, broken, etc then you're SOL, and you lose all of your frozen foods, diabetes meds, etc.
So you want two generators, not just one, in case the first generator is lost. Same goes for guns. You also should stock parts kits, fuel, ammo, consumables, etc.
It's also a good idea to stock extras to share with friends and family, trade for other goods, etc. Owning multiple sets of guns also allows you to create multiple caches, such that if you're driven from your current home, you still have access to self-defense.
So, following the above principles, a family of four might reasonable aim for the following gun collection:
minimum: 12 guns (three of each kind for every family member)
recommended: 24 guns (12 + spares for every family member)
ideal: 24 + extra guns and ammo to share/trade/cache