pistol packers

PISTOL PACKERS

If you were to meander over to ZeroGov.com to the June 18, 2016 guest article, “Apocalypse Mindset” by John Meyers, you would find an enjoyable read full of sarcasm and righteous indignation and other titillating experiences.  His reasoning goes as such.  We are all so worried about the zombie apocalypse that we don’t prepare for the lesser threats such as Orlando ( one assumes here for a moment that a prepper can be as gay as a three dollar bill and still be a Tactical Tommy.  I don’t think that is an image the GLTMM [gay, lesbian, transgender, monkey molester ] community wants to present to the world at large, a heavily armed pissed gay isn’t the same unassuming harmless picture as a swishy pink sweater limp wrist-but just as some Mr. Rogers looking sum bitch can suddenly go Postal I also imagine the wimpiest looking pillow biter around is quite capable of suddenly acting on an impulse to avenge a lifetime of abuse and is looking forward to an Apocalypse.  I’m sure the Orlando comparison was meant as an example of another shooting in a gun free zone, but to me it will always just simply be “The Great Fag Massacre of ‘16”, the continuation of the Muslim domestic war our First Kenyan Immigrant dare not speak of.  Sadly, this is our version of the European Invasion ).

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Now, I don’t know the author.  I appreciate his fine writing skills, and his logical thinking.  Alas, I can’t agree with him.  In the context of his argument, yes, I find no fault.  It is far better to be armed and trained with a pistol you keep with you all the time than to have all the wizz bang AR carbine in the truck out in the parking lot.  You are so busy getting ready for Red Dawn The Sequel Zombie Invasion that you miss the obvious threat that is very much more probable.  But where I disagree with him is that you should be needing a pistol in the first place.  If you are a real survivalist, you have absolutely no business living in a location like Orlando.  That is the long and short of it.  We all have an excuse for living in the big city.  Usually, our jobs.  Relatives being a close second.  Both were my excuses for years, but in my defense I never lived in the mega-cities, only medium sized ( usually under 100k ), and that once the threat became far more real and pronounced I bit the bullet and left the family and the better jobs and moved to the boonies. 

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I know we all have different circumstances.  One size does not fit all.  If you are in a situation you feel comfortable with, than that works for you.  You can’t just say 20k population good, anything over 50k is bad.  Nobody is going to argue that living in Chicago or LA or NYC or Dallas/Ft. Worth is very bad for your health, but not every medium city is equally good or bad.  I would say that rather than the arbitrary population figure ( I could live in a small village of one thousand but if it was ten miles from the Mexican border it would be just as bad as Washington DC ), you should instead take the Concealed Carry Test.  If your location feels threatening, if you need to carry a pistol to protect yourself, you are living in a city that you need to leave.  Immediately if not sooner.  Because, yes, crime and terrorism ( leaving aside the argument that terrorism might be all False Flags and Officially Sanctioned ) are a much larger danger than the apocalypse.  But only if you are in the wrong place. 

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The author is quite correct.  Crime will hump you much quicker than the lower probability apocalypse.  But you shouldn’t be living in those kinds of places.  You can’t use the argument that crime is everywhere.  It is, but not the same kind of crimes.  In my small town I feel comfortable with a rifle nearby because everyone is similarly armed.  Crime doesn’t go Baghdad Firefight here ( yes, it COULD.  You could also be run over crossing the street.  We are playing the probabilities here ).  Property crime, of course, is a preferred means of purchasing drugs.  And in the ghetto areas-only in relative terms as every location in town is high rent, some just less high than others- yes, there is the occasional shooting.  But that is domestic disturbances or drug induced stupidity.  It doesn’t translate into an outside threat. 

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My main point is that the apocalypse threat is real.  I continually prep for that.  And I DON’T need to prep for Orlando because I chose the correct place to live.  For me, because I finally stopped using family as an excuse to leave the city, there is no need to fear criminals or terrorists.  I don’t need concealed carry weapons.  That I don’t need it is actually a much more secure feeling than being armed ( moving through the Tulsa Oklahoma ghetto at night, even armed with a .45, was far more nerve racking.  At the time, concealed carry illegally was a $50 fine so I had no problem taking the chance of being caught ).  So for me, the worst case planning is still the way to go, rather than the Far More Probable Planning.  As our Best Buddy Ol’ Remus says, Avoid Crowds.  If you need to be packing heat, start packing your bags. 

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