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Why many preppers will die
SHTF School ^ | 3/7/14 | Selco

Posted on 03/07/2014 3:15:41 PM PST by Kartographer

His story is not so unique, but I know much more stories about how folks got killed because they refused to leave their home (and run) when under attack by several people armed with firearms, while they were unarmed, or armed with pistol or knife, clearly outnumbered.

I read every day on web sentences like “having this gun will save you when SHTF” or “with this BOB you can not lose when SHTF”. Of course this is marketing crap from people who want to sell you something.

Please do not get yourself killed, or allow your family to die when SHTF just because you put your “perfect” BOB on, your “zombie survival” rifle in your hands and went out to save the world.

Or to get killed because you “draw line and here you stand your ground” for example when they attack your home or your storage. Do you really want to die just to hold onto things?

(Excerpt) Read more at shtfschool.com ...


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Onca again Selco writes the sobering and harsh facts of life of SHTF.
1 posted on 03/07/2014 3:15:41 PM PST by Kartographer
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...

Preppers’ PING!!


2 posted on 03/07/2014 3:16:17 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

Bob really hates when I put him on. What in the world is a BOB? Big Ornery Beast?


3 posted on 03/07/2014 3:17:48 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Some women have boyfriends named ‘BOB’.


4 posted on 03/07/2014 3:20:06 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

‘B’ug ‘O’ut ‘B’ag

A bag you prepare ahead of time incase you have to leave home fast because of fire, flood, what every. Stuff to get you by for a few days while youget you somewhere safe.


5 posted on 03/07/2014 3:21:09 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“BUG OUT BAG”


6 posted on 03/07/2014 3:21:09 PM PST by Chance Hart
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I just looked it up.

Bug Out Bag.


7 posted on 03/07/2014 3:22:07 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Kartographer

LOL - Exact TIE Kart :-)


8 posted on 03/07/2014 3:22:38 PM PST by Chance Hart
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Bug Out Bag... sort of like the Swiss Family Robinson’s ship, which carried all the inventory of 2 Walmarts and 3 Home Depots.


9 posted on 03/07/2014 3:22:40 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Kartographer

When the Doodoo hits the wind appliance I will be taking care of mine and not giving a dissertation on the particulars.


10 posted on 03/07/2014 3:22:41 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Kartographer

Anything can happen at any time. Heck, at least one of the Rothschilds (the people who supposedly control the whole world) died in the Nazi concentration camps.


11 posted on 03/07/2014 3:24:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: Chance Hart

I think we need to buy lotto tickets!


12 posted on 03/07/2014 3:25:20 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer
With a gun you have an option, without one you have none.

The issue is not risking your life for STUFF, it's defending yourself and your family against those who would take the STUFF that you stored to keep your family alive.
Like food, water, clothes, fuel, medicine that may be irreplaceable when SHTF.
That kind of stuff. Necessary items, not the big screen TV.
You still have the option of surrendering if the odds are against you.
Then you have to consider whether the thugs are going to let you live or if it would have been better to take as many of them with you as you could.
For every thug you kill, some other prepper and family may live.

13 posted on 03/07/2014 3:27:43 PM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Kartographer

Kart, the simple fact is that most wise people that are preppers are not equipped to “run”. Physical or otherwise. I suggest to those that they have a Scorched earth plan.


14 posted on 03/07/2014 3:28:17 PM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Tijeras_Slim

You are so right about Swiss Family Robinson!

They prospered on that desert island because they had all the shipwreck spoils to themselves, and everyone else on that ill-fated ship was dead!

Howcum no one else survived the ship running aground? The captain was killed by a falling spar, but what about all the others?


15 posted on 03/07/2014 3:28:39 PM PST by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: Kartographer
The best way to survive is to limit contact with things/people and situations that can kill you.

And the best way to do that is not be seen.

And the best way to not be seen is don't move around outside of your well camoed/concealed safe zone unless it is absolutely necessary...

16 posted on 03/07/2014 3:31:29 PM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Kartographer

17 posted on 03/07/2014 3:32:39 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: elcid1970

I haven’t read the book but in the Disney movie, the crew abandoned ship.

It was a pretty good movie and while maybe not realistic, it sure beat “Gilligan’s Island.


18 posted on 03/07/2014 3:33:00 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: Kartographer

I doubt if I could survive on the run. Food, water, and shelter etc is not just stuff it is necessary to survive. If I can’t bug in, I’m probably doomed anyway, so might as well fight for it.


19 posted on 03/07/2014 3:41:30 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: yarddog

Still pretty convenient for the sake of the story; nice not to have to share.

I remember Sessue Hayakawa as the pirate leader & how the family fought off the pirate invaders with coconut hand grenades.


20 posted on 03/07/2014 3:42:36 PM PST by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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