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THREE TIER ARSENAL

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www.alloutdoor.com/category/survival/

They seem to be slightly above the regular lower denominator that prepper sites have in common ( besides crass commercialism and pandering ).  The articles are short, long on advertisements and graphics almost as if to prove that in the race to the bottom e-sites can out-USA Today their print rivals, but at least each article usual gives up a bit of wisdom and is elevated above mere filler content.  I discovered them through a link at Rawles, covering the article on how the recent South American social disintegration proves food is much more in demand than you would have imagined ( as in, not exactly a First World Industrial economy but rather fitting the stereotype of peasants farming everywhere outside the city ).  Gold, and all other Prepper Fantasy barter items, no, not so much.  The author poo-pahed gold, as he should have.  I’ve been telling you the stuff is worthless except for multi-generational wealth transfer, and if my guess is right, none of my readers have enough wealth left over to transfer.  That is a rich puke problem ( Blacks make fun of White People Problems, and it is true that even the poor Whites mostly are one or two steps above on the socioeconomic ladder, but even when you are much better off than ghetto dwellers you are still exploited and outclassed by Rich Pukes ).

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Since the article made sense, I started reading some more posts on the site, and they are adequate enough to follow until they inevitably stop posting and I get irritated and drop them from my regular reading list.  But here is my main point.  They had an article dissing on the one gun arsenal, or even the three gun arsenal, and advocated the Three Tier Arsenal.  I’d never heard such a thing until a minion had brought it up some time ago, and it makes a certain amount of valid points, but reading this latest article really turned me off of the concept.  Mainly because he didn’t really explore in depth why you needed all three, merely decrying not being armed enough.  Well, that is a bit of a copout in my opinion.  It is like saying, “don’t you value your life enough to buy a quality firearm?”.  On the face of it that is a valid question, and really the only thing keeping any of us, no matter how poorly paid, from going higher quality is lack of discipline.   But let’s explore a bit further, and I won’t even play the Poor Card, just to keep this fair. 

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Everyone, even those in a household bringing in $60k a year ( anymore, a tremendous feat, as over half of Americans earn less than half that amount ) must Buy Affordably.  None of us can spend unlimited amounts on prepping.  The five acre farm in the boonies is an invalid unrealistic fantasy peddled by the Yuppie Scum Survivalist Guru’s.  Just being able to arm up and stock the pantry are Herculean feats even at the $60k level ( not because that isn’t a tremendous amount of money because it is, but because of the inevitable financial commitments made prior to prepping-you know, like raising kids further away from the Ghettos and having a more expensive more reliable vehicle to commute ).   NOT buying the Three Tier isn’t so much a lack of discipline or inclination as much as it is realistic budgeting.  Just as buying gold is retarded unless you already have lots and lots of food, buying too many firearms is even worse.  At least if you had gold, prior to the collapse you could buy more food.  With too many firearms, if things are going downhill quickly I can’t imagine guns are as good of a barter item as you believe ( gold might not have any allure to the hungry but there will always be the undesirables willing to trade for it ).

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Here is my reasoning.  Gold, even if outlawed, holds its value.  Guns, if/when they are outlawed, will lose a lot of their trade in value for the simple fact that there are a lot more guns out there than gold.  You will be in a buyers market.  It is far better to just over buy on food NOW and under buy on guns ( while over buying on ammunition ).  Again, this is prior to the collapse.  There might be panics when your guns get a premium, I don’t doubt that.  But over the long haul, I see guns as an over abundant commodity.  Once the ammo starts disappearing ( as for instance, if a ban is put into place, still speaking pre-collapse ) guns lose even more of their value.  Sell your excess NOW, buy the hell out of food and when that is at a comfortable level, more ammo for the few guns you have left.

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The Three Tier gun arsenal ( semi-autos for the die-off, bolts for afterwards, black powder and such for post-ammunition ) is probably a good idea ( probably-even if we could argue that the need for a semi means you are too friggin close for comfort.  Or we could argue that if you need close in protection a pump action shotgun is both one third the price of a carbine, its ammo is cheaper and more widely available.  Or we could argue that if you hide well enough you don’t need massive firepower-that what you are being sold is a less probable scenario ).  But can you argue it is a feasible option for most of us at this point?  This Suckers Going Down!-thank you President Shrub.  It sure as hell is.  The economy is circling the drain.  Just because we are still in motion doesn’t mean you personally will escape plunging down the pipe.  You could, I grant you.  Nothing is certain.  Anything is possible.  But what is probable is that very, very soon you will be without a job or a home if you are in debt.  You need to act like that is going to happen, not keep running down to the gun store as if employment and commercialism and consumerism and debt will keep on keeping on.  

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Everything is a gamble.  Even having plenty of semi-auto’s is.  You just might get so cocky and sure of yourself since you have The Biggest And Baddest Rambo Killing Machine that you take retarded chances.  Continued tomorrow.

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