03-13-2022, 10:52 AM
(03-12-2022, 06:31 PM)Ed Hurst Wrote: I think Jay's comment was aimed at how the fellow in the article expressed himself. The writer seemed wholly unconscious of the variations in context for his readers.
Correct. I probably should have clarified. I'm assuming most people reading that--let's say 90%--would not have the tactical and situational awareness to know how to handle a personal arsenal when it comes to a crisis situation. More guns and more ammo can often mean you are less safe when your neighbors' mental states break down in a crisis situation, once they start noticing things.
The same thing with food supply. People aren't going to learn to "hunt" or even forage for food, ad hoc, when the pantry dwindles. That ignorance increases tenfold when you can't Google "how to hunt" and have to scrounge for print books for the information. Everyone else will have the same idea as you are, so you're going to be fighting off people roaming around as much as you are tracking animals (if even you know how to track to begin with).
Hunting and foraging is a skill that isn't learned by "leveling up" by walking around in a forest, like a video game. In short: if you don't have the skill and knowledge now, you're not going to have it in a SHTF situation without taking on a huge amount of risk. Dealing properly with SHTF scenarios required and entire shift in awareness and planning that most people can't do. I think most people will be winging it so varying degrees, myself included.
The other 10% already know and are prepared for their particular context, so I'm not really talking about those folks.