[ExecOutcomes]

Quote:       Originally Posted by bigrebnc1861

There you go again with the bang bang shoot'em up thing again. Wow you think what you went through is bad? I have lived through several Hurricanes Hugo being one of them. I guess the people in New Orleans wished they would have had that man with them. The cheap tactical gear thing speaks volumes on your part, you just don't have a clue.

You're going to try to discredit me by saying that my use of "cheap tactical gear" was inappropriate?

[bigrebnc1861]

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You're going to try to discredit me by saying that my use of "cheap tactical gear" was inappropriate?

You think that someone that has a good survival system is just itching to shoot someone if and when something bad happens. That additude is inappropriate. And anyone worth their weight would not buy cheap survival gear.

[ron70062]

This A-hole doesnt even know what SHTF means. I wish I would have had your ass down here with me during Katrina...and THAT was a when SHTF ordeal. There was much looting and people driving around just looking for the right target to hit, and I DONT mean just right after the storm. It went on for weeks. Your little sissy ass along with your smartass mind wouldnt have had a chance. Just wait sissyboy, your days coming ...and sooner than you think. Your the kind like Many of the scum that was here after the storm crying about the Gov. not being there to save you. So just sit there and wait for something to happen...cauce it's gonna, and when it does, wait for FEMA to come save your butt because I KNOW I wouldnt THINK about helping you or for that fact ANYONE that doesnt TRY to prepare. By the way, I think that A-hole needs to be banned from the site. We dont need his kind on here.

[bigrebnc1861]

Hey Ron some people think that just because this is America bad things can't happen the Government will step in and take care of it. But what happen's when the Government is the problem what then?

[ExecOutcomes]

Lol, you want me banned from the forum because you don't agree with me? That's a mature way of thinking about things. By the way, I don't expect anything from the government. They sure as hell didn't put a new roof on my house after Ike or fixed our barns and fences etc. My family did. Not the government. If you said I was a FEMA freeloader to my face, you'd end up on the ground.

It's funny how just because I don't agree with someone over accessorizing with bullSh*t tactical gear I get attacked by this pathetic collection of paranoid idiots.

[tlarkin]

Guys, this is a story from a guy who lived in Brazil during the huge power outages. Brazil is filled with ghettos and drug lords, and on top of that some very sketchy elite police forces that some consider just a government hit squad.

This guy breaks it down, tells you how it is in modern society, and tells you what worked for him in his urban area he lived in Brazil. I think it will change your mind on a lot of things.

Frugal's Forums Archive 2001-2006: Thoughts on Urban Survival. COMPLETE !! A MUST READ FOR ALL SQUIRRELS!!!

Now, the only good point he says about the USA maybe not being able to handle it because we are not used to suffering or used to having nothing, where in third world countries people are used to it and are maybe perhaps tougher in that regard. However, if we do have a SHTF scenario it will probably involve infrastructure failures. In fact we had those East Coast black outs a few years ago, and while it didn't last all but a few days, people still panicked in this country.

There is nothing wrong with being ready, I too honestly feel that something bad could happen and I may have to fend for myself. However, I see that as me having to go hunt for food because our infrastructure is so on the brink of failing all the time food and clean water may not get to my home or a store near me because of our failing highway and trucking system which is ungodly expensive and high maintenance.

I had posted this on this forum previously, but since this discussion is getting a bit heated I thought maybe this reading on the topic may bring some agreeableness to the table.

Oh and here goes his thoughts on guns and ammo in a SHTF situation.

http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/cgi-b...c&f=7&t=009538

[Cinadel]

Settle down folks, please. I like where this thread was going on BOBs and would love for it to continue. Yes, the guy in the Youtube videos was a bit over the top yet he did have some very good ideas that I plan to use. Besides if he wants to hump all that gear, weapons, and ammo around then he is a younger man than I. In my opinion I believe the best tactic would be to try and blend in but then again I have a family with kids and I think he doesn't.

New Orleans was a bad place after Katrina. Not only did you have to content with looters but you also had the police going door to door confiscating legally owned guns. It got so bad in New Orleans that the National Guard was deployed down there and they just recently left. So if the Guard was down there for almost 4 years then yes I believe it was very bad.

If the SHTF it doesn't mean that it would be open season on humans but people can and will go crazy. Unless you want to be laid out in the street with you head bashed in or worse then you had better plan to defend yourself.

[larmus]

seriously guys, if you dont agree with whats said then go to a different part of the site... dont continue to bash each other on the forum threads if you need to cuse and yell at eachother then do it over private messages... everyone knows what happens next, a mod gets involved and then a very informative thread gets shut down and we dont want that, do we...

[TheTroll]

This thread has gone on long enough. I see the flaming and argueing has started.