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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]During a conversation the other night, I found out that basically all my friends (with husbands) have firearms, a safety plan, some kind of food and cash stores and go bags. Is this what everyone is really doing? I was shocked as these are not what I would have thought of as “gun” people.

I have an alarm system, go to the atm like once a year, have the typical kid Costco lunch snacks in the pantry and usually some basic groceries. I don’t really cook. Definitely do not have any firearms!

Can someone tell me what I should realistically put together? If you have “go bags” how frequently do you refresh them? (Just thinking kids sizes etc). What else should I be doing in case this Iran thing blows up, no pun intended.

Also, I live in the close in VA suburbs if that matters. [/quote]

I think there is a decent case for having a gun as part of your prep plan, but it’s relatively low down the list and, as PP upthread noted, if you aren’t going to train and practice with it and don’t think you have it in you to pull the trigger if you needed to, it becomes a liability and should be avoided. I think stockpiling enough food and water to shelter in place for a few weeks is prudent, but in this part of the world there isn’t any point in much more, material disruption of logistical systems for more than a couple of weeks will turn large cities into very chaotic places.  The most important aspect of “prepper stuff” though, and one that isn’t emphasized enough, is building relationships with at least some of your local neighbors that will allow you to work together effectively if there is any kind of bad scenario. I’m not saying roll up on them with “hey will you join my apocalypse team,” but to have enough of a pre-existing local local community that people can start to organize around if needed.  This is not an area where anyone is going to have a self-sustaining compound, people will need to work together. [/quote]

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