Do you remember Saddam’s massive underground complex. He had HUGE stores of ammo and guns.
It is absolutely stupid to ‘liquidate’ stocks and bonds, or businesses or real estate in order to buy ‘ammo’.
To hold off a few vandals you do not need a lot of ammo. But to hold off the Federal Military and local Police you will never have enough ammo.
I call ‘stupid’ when I see it. It’s the IDEA, not you, to which the label applies, btw. No Freeper is stupid, but some ideas that we tend to hold unexamined are.
Unless you have your own firing range, in deed or in effect (which some Freepers do) the huge stockpiles of ammo will end up being something those who bury you will have to dispose of.
Ever consider the idea that you may just be wrong?
...or that there may be other uses for ammunition besides holding off looters (I'm not figuring that the entire US military is coming after my rice...)?
For one, I plan to have some on hand to bag a bit of venison here and there.
Personally I think the lone survivor type would be the first to fall. (unless they were really far out in the roadless sticks)
Obviously a gun is a needed tool but multiple guns, trigger fingers, and pairs of eyes are what really works. Even that goes out the window if you’re trying to defend yourself against government.
An elephant is a heavily armed and dangerous creature but a dozen hyeanas can take one down.