I love it when stupid people try to attack things they don’t understand. It’s endlessly entertaining. Keep going. It’s funny! Especially considering that Ryan is about as Objectivist or libertarian as you are.

I’d probably spend time/money there! Set up equipment, and sell pre-measured necessities such as pectin, and even jar lids. Maybe expand out to having dehydrators for jerky, smokers, etc... That would be a pretty good idea. Maybe have it like a makerspace, but for food. Add in brewing, and even rent storage space for…

I’ve used the Aguilar stuff. Not the Primer-only stuff with the long-assed bullet. Just the standard subsonic rounds. It cycled beautifully through my 10/22, but sucked in my Marlin. But then, my Marlin is 50 years old, and sucks in general.

I think that people are mostly good. I favor Locke more than Hobbes. But when people start to get really hungry and/or thirsty, a major concentration of them like NY isn’t where I’d want to be. I’d figure NY would be fine as long as the food and water keep coming in. But it’d be a nightmare in an actual societal…

You can also get lifestraws, and the lifestraw product that holds something like 12 liters of water and purifies it. Pretty inexpensive in the grand scheme of things. And they pack well.

We have the travel sized versions of Scrabble & Catan... That helps a lot! :D

They’re still good sources of entertainment. I have a few solar chargers and a gas generator, so I can listen to music on headphones at the very least. (I have a phone that has an SD micro slot, so I’m OK, I’ve got tons of music locally stored)

... and six months from now, you’ll be saying the same thing, when you could have slowly been building a small cache of things you could use if a disaster strikes.

Some of the things are really cheap. Buy a few gallons of water, for example. That’s about $2. Get a couple of bags of rice & a couple of beans. That’ll…

Cigs (And weed) would be great bartering tools if nothing else.

In all fairness, liberals and coastal elites tend to look down on preppers and often want to take thier guns away. Said liberals are very good at couching things in terms of “reasonable gun control laws.” That’s code for “confiscation” to preppers.

If you’re in the middle of NY and doomsday happens, it’ll be too late to procure said gun, most likely.

I was suddenly terrified of that box of maxi pads my wife keeps in the bathroom cabinet!

Who says it will stay bad?

Unless they were the ones on fire. I completely understand someone on fire (or about to be on fire) jumping to their death as a more pleasant alternative.

Glad Rags.

I’ve taken up dehydrating and canning as hobbies. You can be prepared, and eat the food you’re cycling out as a bonus. Home made jam is greatness! I even make my own jerky, and made yogurt the other day with fresh fruit. The flavor and texture were far superior to the store bought swill I usually get.

“5 rounds is enough to easily take out a gang of 4.”

Calling bullshit on this one. 5 rounds MIGHT be enough. Might not. They also MIGHT run, might not.

People in stressful situations miss things they shoot at. They shoot a lot more than they think they’ve shot as well. A shotgun is a very good choice in many scenarios.…

That’s why you never mention your 2000 rounds.... Or was it 4000?

I mean, you never mention your 400 rounds... or was it 200? :D

And a reloading station kind of kills that talk, because it’s a lot less obtrusive to buy a few boxes or primers here, a few jugs of powder there, a bag or two of brass casing there... etc...

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One of my friends was married to a cop. He had a rule that his kid could look at his gun anytime the child wanted, as long as he was there to supervise. When the kid was 4, he was letting the kid look at it, and had dropped the mag, and cycled the breech, but hadn’t locked it open. The kid wouldn’t take it from him,…

I’ve used subsonic ammo instead of a suppressor. Still enough kick to cycle my 10/22, and enough to take down small game, easily. It’s probably about as quiet as regular .22LR with a suppressor.