Well, honestly, if "shtf day" does show up, I am not very likely to be sticking my Colt Pythons in my belt and going on the lam into the woods with them. But I buy them anyway simply because I LIKE them. And every day I live before "SHTF day" hits, I get to enjoy having them.
Sometimes you just have to do things because you LIKE to do them.
Planning for TEOLAWKI is all fine and everything, but a lot of people have died of old age or other causes never having to come to grips with this event. And I suspect there is a real good chance that everyone here may very well do the same.
Tyrants? Heck, if that happens, probably the very best you can hope for is to take down one or two of the guys breaking down your door to get YOU before you die. THEY will be picking the time and place to do that, not you. So don't expect to come out with the upper hand in that scenario. They will have virtually UNLIMITED resources at their disposal. Unless you spend the rest of your life moving to a new location every day, you will be predictable.
Defeatist attitude? No not really. I am just being realistic about it. There is no way they are going to back down from little ol' me with a gun in my hands. And I am not about to stand idly by while someone kicks my door in to confiscate my guns or in any other way take away my life, liberty, and rightfully owned possessions. So the results will be rather predictable.
But with any luck they will be going after people in alphabetical order so the JBT survivors after dealing with all of YOU will be pretty worn out by the time they get to me...
