Gun ‘preppers’ go mainstream as more people realize no one is immune to disaster

Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 11 July, 2011 | David Codrea

[marktwain]

The Economic Collapse blog reports that Robert Kiyosaki is warning of an impending economic collapse—and advises on preparations that include buying guns.

By way of credentials, Kiyosaki is the author of the successful “Rich Dad Poor Dad” books, reportedly having sold over 26 million copies, and runs the Rich Dad financial education website. He co-authored “Why We Want You to be Rich” with Donald Trump.

The Economic Collapse lists 11 “sound bites” from a Kiyosaki video (see sidebar media player) that include predictions of collapse where supermarket food supplies are reduced to less than three days—presumably with no restocking in sight. Of special relevance to readers of this column:

#5"buy a gun"

#8"so come to my house and I'm armed and dangerous and I'll welcome you"

#9"we have food, we have water, we have guns, gold and silver, and cash"

The significance here is not that a probability exists for terrible societal consequences from destructive financial policies—it’s that it is now being normalized by prominent voices, and more Americans are losing confidence in the system. Which means the message will reach beyond sites like The Economic Collapse, or one of my favorite regular stops, Western Rifle Shooters Association, where they routinely call our attention to other voices like The Market Ticker, which provides detailed analysis and explanations to back up the dire commentary.

The Los Angeles riots and Hurricane Katrina, where territory was ceded by civil authority for days, were mere localized disconnects where the majority of Americans could watch things unfold on TV and make conversation about how bad things looked for "those" poor people. When these Americans no longer have TV because they have no electricity—and all that that implies—we will indeed be living in interesting times.

[TheOldLady]

Thank you. Hubby does like to shop around, but I don’t think he had that link. He does now. ;-)

[Armedanddangerous]

I tend to keep up with friends, relatives and neighbors who might have guns they want to sell.