If you don't kill them, you'll likely be killed by them. I prefer the scenario you suggest, where I am still alive to "get in trouble". Someone breaks into my house, whether I shoot them or beat them to death with my cast-iron moose doorstop, they're dying. It's not negotiable at that point.
Personally... I think half of this is same panic like with Y2K... whatever. Only reason I notice ANYthing is different is my 401K... other than that it is just news stories. I am not saying there isn't issues... just that it isn't the end of the world. Go ahead... buy some guns though... it is good for the economy.
Very good? We'll be the judge of that. Let's hear what's in your package. Yes, we are interested in your package. Show us your package. barfo
i live in new zealand - its peaceful n awesome. y'all should move down here (relocate the team too plz)
I have an earthquake kit, too. It has cash (ATM may not be available), water and food for a week for myself and my cats, spare glasses, aspirin, bandaids, flashlight & batteries, battery radio, candles & matches, wrench to turn off gas, blanket, change of underwear, few other things. I keep a blanket and water bottles in my car.
As someone who has worn the same pair of underwear for weeks at a time in the Army... I'd say you can leave them off your list. Other items are good. In Alaska we had to keep similar items in our vehicles at all times with emphasis on the cold weather gear. Running out of gas can be a life threatening situation. Most homes have food for weeks and weeks... but stashing gallons of water is a very good idea.
I live in California, so really cold weather gear is rarely an issue, just a blanket. Where I work they have earthquake shelters, but if I'm on the road and have to stay in my car overnight, I figure water and blanket are bare necessities. With those two I can at least get by. Oh yes, can opener, pocket knife also in my kit. If you call the Red Cross, at least in California, they will give a neighborhood earthquake safety class and give everyone a kit. Free. I just added specialty items, like cat food, to mine.
Emergency Blanket Rain Poncho 4 footwarmers (like the ones you wear in your sock when skiing) 50 feet of rope large tarp Hand cranked flashlight/radio/cell phone charger combo 75 piece first aid kit Work gloves crow bar Swiss Army knife 500 strike anywhere matches lighter jar of peanut butter 3 power bars 24 pack of water long sleeve shirt Pair of shoes and socks I have a large package
I remember landing in Auckland and thinking to myself, "I travelled thousands of miles to end up back home?" NZ is as beautiful as Oregon.
Paranoia my ass! I live in Lane County. Last summer there was a family in Florence that came home to their ranch and heard someone shooting on their property. The owner confronted a 20 year old guy, told him it was private property, and asked him to go shoot somewhere else. The guy told him to FO, and ran off into the brush. When the owner was going back to his truck, the trespasser fired some rounds in his direction. The owner went to the house and called the sheriff's office. The cops said that, due to budget cuts, they didn't have anyone to send. The owner, stupidly, went back to chase the guy off. More rounds fired at the owner. The owner made another call to the cops. NO COPS EVER RESPONDED TO A GUY SHOOTING AT A PROPERTY OWNER ON HIS OWN PROPERTY. The next day, the owner's wife saw the trespasser walking across the bridge into Florance. She followed him in her car, and then chased him on foot, until she found where he was going. She called the Florance police, and they arrested him, and turned him over to the sheriff. The trespasser was 'matrixed out' of the county jail within a few of hours of being booked....again due to budget cuts. Have you heard of the Mongols motorcycle group? Supposed to be the most violent of all of them. The leader of the Springfield chapter was convicted of nine misdemeanor counts associated with trying to run a state worker off the road on I-5. He was matrixed out within 2 days, iirc. They put him on parole, which he immediately violated by leaving the state without tell his parole officer. When he returned, he waited a couple of days (probably to let the drugs clear out of his system), and turned himself in for parole violation. He didn't even spend the night in jail. (Parole violation is SUPPOSED to mean that you have to serve your entire sentence.) Home invasion, where they come into your occupied house at night, doesn't get you a day in jail in Lane County. Those guys are released to do the same crime night after night. If you don't think there is a need to be able to defend yourself, your loved ones and your possesions, you have head in the sand.
Please. Show one shred of backup for that statement. I respect anyone's decision to not own a gun. It would be nice if people would show a little more respect for other that choose to legally own one. I do wish that those that don't own a gun could see that they benefit from their neighbors that own guns. Home invasion is a least partly held in check by the fact that the tweekers don't know which houses have owners that they can rob easily and which homes have owners that will punch their ticket.
Just don't be this guy: [video=youtube;1d9EOJ_S6nk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d9EOJ_S6nk[/video]
