Arming the Neighborhood: What's YOUR plan?

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I always wonder what is meant by stuff hitting the fan.

Pretty sure Zombies are a fantasy.

10,000% inflation and starving people?

Government gone mad?

Roving gangs? All of the aforementioned?

Hyper inflation and a loaf of bread costing xxxx? Everyone will have serious problems and hard times will be had by all.

Government after you then there is no fortified location that will save you. Lite and fast good concealment might work for a while; but it will suck and sooner or later you will be tired of running? Government dogs never tire or if they do then a new team is at their disposal to continue the chase.

Hunger and roving gangs then the home/neighborhood defense scenario would probably work if you can post dependable guards. Humans have always congregated in tribes for protection for no one can stay alert for more than about 72 hours.

If we were invaded then I personally believe there would be many who would grow a back bone and do what is necessary to protect home and liberty.

I am not trying to make a statement. I am honestly just wondering.
 
The actual arming of the neighbors was mostly tongue-in-cheek, but trading reloaded ammo for other necessities, like fuel, food, medicine, medical care, batteries, etc, seems plausible. I figure I can take care of a lot of peole that planned poorly with ammo and gun related stuff, for things that they will be able to help me with. That is part of my preparedness plan. Taking care of the masses that didn't plan, pay attention, or listen isn't on my list. Protecting myself and family FROM them IS on my list.
 
I have no real plan because in the event it becomes necessary to arm the neighborhood I'm pulling up and leaving. I'm loading whatever fits in the truck and getting out of there. I don't see me needing to hunker down in, not to mention defend, the house. All one would need to do is set the house on fire and there goes the fortress. A house is not a good place to have to defend. Too many windows, just all around un-strategic.
 
Nope, I'm not arming anyone, not that I live in any kind of neighborhood at all. I have arrangements made with some close friends if S does HTF. While we're at it though, here's one for you Mudinyeri!

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Where I used to live in CA, most of my neighbors owned firearms, except my family and my neighbor are probably the only ones that shoot. My friend had this awesome property up in the mountains about 40 mins away and I always joked, "If anything bad happens I'm loading up my guns and supplies and hiding out here with you." Truthfully, if there was a major disaster/uprising/zombie outbreak/nuke/whatever, I probably wouldn't make it very far out of town.

I had to sell some of my collection, but when I resupply "the armory" and if friends needed a gun I would probably give them one granted: They bring a lot of survival/special skills to the table, they know how to use the firearm effectively and I can trust them. I wouldn't arm everyone I know begging for some means of protection. Hell if I had to move quickly I wouldn't even take my entire collection with me either, Just grab the AR and a sidearm.
 
If anyone cares, this reminds me of something I saw on the highroad not to long ago

Arm Thy Neighbor
by Matthew Bracken

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=6463950

a small excerpt;

Most of the readers of this column probably don’t need to be convinced of the wisdom of owning and practicing with firearms. You may even believe that you already possess all of the guns you need, whether a .38 caliber revolver in your bedside table or a small battery of handguns, shotguns and rifles in your closet or gun safe. You may even own one or more of those liberally despised so-called assault rifles. In any of these cases you may think you don’t need to consider any more gun purchases.

There is, however, one reason to purchase at least a few more weapons: to arm thy neighbors. I can hear you saying, “What is Bracken talking about? If that foolish grasshopper of a neighbor didn’t bother about his security when guns were readily available, why should I worry about him now? Besides, he may even be an anti-gun liberal, so the hell with him!”
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just something I refound/found
 
I'd be surprised if any of my neighbors even know I have guns, it's not something I advertise (nor do they). Depending on one's particular 'hood there's that risk that the neighbors might just decide to drop in and help themselves when you're not at home. :what:

But yeah, in a shtf situation I have several trusted neighbors that I'd probably offer to arm if they needed help.
 
TSHTF every day, somewhere in the world. The thing is, it's localized. Everybody else in the world is sitting with an iced drink watching the TV coverage. Although in my yoot I was a hard core survivalist and was sure civilization as a whole was going to go to smash, I no longer do. I don't stockpile gigantic amounts of dried beans, or hoard arms with the notion of arming my neighbors or any of that foolishness any more.
I plan for localized and essentially transient states of emergency that may have an impact on me and mine and I get on with my life.
If you want to start spinning this into world-wide Captain Trips flu pandemic or asteroid impact or global thermonuclear warfare, then survival will be a matter of luck, nothing more. With nearly everybody dead, you'll be able to scavenge through the wreckage for things you need should you be one of the survivors.
 
lately the queston of where would i go in a shtf scenario has been on my mind. i think their is safty in numbers. so i wouldn't mind arming some friends or family. plus depending on the duration of time it takes to restore order would require alot of different skill sets. doctors, nurse's,mechanics,hunters,gunsmith's,etc.etc. so arming some people who could help in other area's would be a smart move. even if you only did it with family & people with highly desired skill sets it could become a matter of self preservation & not a matter of charity. i recently read several books on this subject which gave me alot to think about. both of these, one second after & patriots (a novel of survival in the coming collapse) are good fictional accounts of what it might look like if a shtf scenario did happen.
 
I live in a very liberal neighborhood I will hold down my fort while they fend for themselves if it comes down to it.

Friends and family are a different story. They are why I have a small collection of surplus firearms. An sks or a mosin would be a lot better than nothing.
 
There are a few situations where I could see arming friends in the neighborhood. For example, I have a friend and neighbor who has a water pump that will function without power, to my knowledge he doesn't have any firearms. You can bet that should a SHTF situation arise, such as a hurricane where power is out for an extended time and there is a threat of roving gangs/looters, I will be giving him at least an SKS or M1 Carbine (and perhaps much more), with the understanding that we'll work together and share his water supply. Remember that you have to sleep sometimes, and if there was a person you could trust enough to set a watch at night, you'll be much better rested to deal with the hard business of survival. Even a friend with little more to offer than the ability to stand watch and haul water will rate a SMLE or M-38. My wife and I only have two hands so any extra guns won't do me any good sitting in my safe in a time of need.

But the AR is mine!
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Guess who isn't ready ...

In a sports-good place Monday, buying more bullets, asked about the limit, and was told, "No limit." So I flip out the plastic and buy 50-boxes. Jerk looking at b-b-gun scopes hears the conversation, and pipes in, "Whuu, are you preparing for a revolution?" "No-sir. The revolution is already under way in the hands of much younger men. I'm preparing for the occupation because I'll survive the revolution."
Going back for more ammo on pay-day. No limit.
 
How do we go about finding the right group...the men/women that will stand firm and be the defenders! How to break the silence code so that plans can be made. Waiting for the "day after" is poor planning. I don't want to seem like a paranoid nut case, but... it takes effort and time to make survival work.By talking about it we can be smart. Put together the right tools and supplies. A good group would be hard to defeat.

I have two sons. One lives close. The other is maybe 15 miles. Both have two children. This is just impossible for me to figure what to do or where to be.

I've got "stuff" but I'm not sure about them.

Fun to think about but I don't think I'll ever make a truly good plan.

Its also hard to even make sense talking about this.

Mark
 
If something ever did happen barring a nuclear strike locally, I think there will be some time to get organized and if you live in a neighborhood, have some meetings to discuss things. A leader or two must emerge and the rest need to to their part.

As a blanket statement, I will not be arming my neighbors. I might arm my extended family, but that is about it.
 
TNBoy- Where can I get a sign like that?
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I had that picture E-mailed to me a long time ago. Pretty sure that is a poorly done photochop, but still humorous...and presents a valid point.
 
Read "One Moment After" , excellent book, its fiction, but realistic I think. Also for a good read about "arming the neighbors" is John Ringo's "The Last Centurion", though his neighbors are very different from the ones the OP is talking about.

Would I arm the nieghbors? Sure, have no problem with my Brother or Father useing one of my guns, would wonder what was wrong with theirs though! The Conservative lesbian lady next door (who was once VERY liberal", i would even arm with a rifle or shotgun as she has taken part in our neighborhood emergency drills and owns a VERY nice 1911 from the Kimber Custom shop now (had armadillo hide grips made for it!).

Could life as we know it end? Yes, t does for people every day, and while I hope that I never have to survive it, I have survived hurricanes Rita and Ike, and we where in a bad place after them. Would I wait on the goverment? No, I am not a sheep.

Ronald Reagan once said something along the lines of " The worst words in the world are " I am from the goverment, and I am here to help. "
 
Ronald Reagan once said something along the lines of " The worst words in the world are " I am from the goverment, and I am here to help. "
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Yeah...he said it right after he sold guns to terrorists and right before he closed the machinegun registry.
 
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Government after you then there is no fortified location that will save you. Lite and fast good concealment might work for a while; but it will suck and sooner or later you will be tired of running? Government dogs never tire or if they do then a new team is at their disposal to continue the chase.
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Our country was founded on the notion that the above statement is false. It was quite the opposite in fact.

You never know what can or will happen. Until the 1900s the concept of a world war was outrageous to most people. If you'd have told them then that a bomb was coming in +30 years that could destroy an entire city they'd have told you that you were nuts. We're at or close to places that we've never been before.

Personally, I think that some of it is a manufactured scare, not all, just some. IMHO, to be prepared for anything (that hasn't happened before) is to understand that you cannot know exactly what is going to happen and to cover as many bases and as many essentials as you can. I reserve judgement until I must make a decision like that. I hope that I never need to rely on my neighbors for security, but you never know.

I have survived hurricanes Rita and Ike, and we where in a bad place after them. Would I wait on the goverment? No, I am not a sheep.
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Katrina and Ivan should have been a wake up call for anyone around here. I can tell you from personal experience, that in the event of any emergency, SHTF, EOTWAWKI, Hurricane X, you pick a disaster, the roads are completely jacked. If you feel the need to leave, so do other people. It's good to be prepared in the event that "plan A" is a deadlocked contra-flow interstate. As a rule of thumb, anything that you need to do, everyone else does to.
 
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