The community aspect

[markS]

Reading the threads about your choice of defense etc. I was thinking: how would you deal/live with/help/ignore the people in your community if things go *wrong*

It's all well and good looking after one's self but in the long-term it takes a bit more than that.

Do you trust the people you live near to know you shoot? Do you think you'd become a target? Or do you think the police would be paying a visit to confiscate? What would you do?

[meles meles]

Do you think you'd become a target? Or do you think the police would be paying a visit to confiscate? What would you do?

Our kin in Gloucestershire and Somerset are already targets, ooman, and Mr Plod is aiding and abetting the "evil bald monkeys wot is out to get us". What would us do ? Go underground ...

[markS]

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[meles meles]

us once saved oomanity...

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[markS]

nice, but I don't make the rules: badger with a bad cough and it's culling time!

[meles meles]

*marks your card*

[Blackstuff]

1 Do you trust the people you live near to know you shoot? 2 Do you think you'd become a target? 3Or do you think the police would be paying a visit to confiscate? 4What would you do?

1/ No, i've only just moved and don't really know any of my neighbours, even though its a relatively secluded street and a nice area i still load and unload guns from my car inside my garage.

2/ No, scumbags usually target the weakest in the community first or those they can get easy leverage on. I'm in my 30's, able bodied and don't have any children to protect/worry about. I've taken my partner shooting a few times and she knows the basics for protecting herself with a gun.

3/ No, the police will have the 'SHTF' situation to deal with and won't have the time or resources for mass confiscations. I would expect that if you're seen with, or use you guns on the street you will become a 'priority'.

4/ Keep as low a profile as possible, but do as others are doing (collecting food/water from government drop offs, having street parties, pulling together, looting....)

[froggy]

Salut ,

I have seen the "local community" which indeed is not very "local" during the 2011 summer london action ...

At the slightest sign of real trouble, it's back on that ferry again .
Now ... from my little Britany village I feel very confident I can become the new Asterix of the 21st century

[phaedra1106]

Most of my new neighbours are over 55 (like me!), as I have a nice selection of firearms and a good stock of reloading components they shouldn't be a worry!. Mind you, there are a few chavs a mile or two up the road so anyone dodgy sticking their head over the hedge is liable to find themselves minus the ability wear a hat

An organised raid on the local shops to stock up on dry & tinned food and bottled water etc. with me riding shotgun should see us OK for the short term at least

[Chuck]

just remember guys: As long as you are armed you have what it takes to take whatever they have!