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civilization is much more fragile than you may imagine
Anyone with any doubts as to the validity of the above statement needs a reality check.
"A rifle"?
More like ten rifles ...
Why do I need a handgun? To fight my way back to the rifle I should have *never* left behind! No Patriot would be caught without a rifle for every member in his household.
Excellent Read.
Or maybe 4-5 per member.......ya know in case one runs out.
I would have thought that asking the question "why do I need a rifle?" would fall in the same category as asking "why do a need a penis?".
If you have to ask - you shouldn't be allowed to have one.
Don't forget ammo. Lots and lots of ammo.
I for one am very happy not everyone has a penis.
But yes, almost everyone should have a rifle.
A bolt action hunting rifle might make an accurate counter sniper rifle but will lack the volume of fire needed to engage multiple targets.
"An Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack by North Korea"
Extreme hypothetical
"A world wide crop failure could cause food riots and looting on a scale never seen before."
I guess it's possible. It seems that he assumes that you have enough food to last a couple years and will only be using the rifle for protection of that food and your family.
Makes me think of Rawlings the author of Patriots.
Either TEOTWAWKI or not. Like that guy from the Argentina economic meltdown said (in some words) the world must have really gone to hell before you can carry a rifle down the street.
I'd rather the general sheeple population remain just that.
I finally had a chance to watch that movie "The Road" recently.
It's an entire movie based around the concept of "why I should have had a rifle" - if you ask me.
If the dope and his kid had had rifles - instead of a revolver with 2 rounds, most of the situations they were in would have been totally different.
If somebody asks you: "why do I need a rifle" - first sit them down and have them watch "The Road" - and then have them read the Midgett article. If they need additional reading have them spend some time delving into the actual state of our economy.
If all of that doesn't work tell them to fast forward to the part in "The Road" where he finds the people locked in the root cellar - and explain to them that will be their new life if they don't smarten up.
"An Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack by North Korea"
Extreme hypothetical
"A world wide crop failure could cause food riots and looting on a scale never seen before."
I guess it's possible. It seems that he assumes that you have enough food to last a couple years and will only be using the rifle for protection of that food and your family.
Makes me think of Rawlings the author of Patriots.
Either TEOTWAWKI or not. Like that guy from the Argentina economic meltdown said (in some words) the world must have really gone to hell before you can carry a rifle down the street.