I almost started a thread a day or two ago asking the same thing about myself.
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Originally Posted by Paladin132
...am I too paranoid? ...The people I know are of the opinion that I am, but any time that anything has happened they all look to me to take the lead
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Interesting. Does them calling you "paranoid" help ease their conscious about not being prepared? Do they think denial will help keep bad things away?
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Originally Posted by Paladin132
So is a person that has a few firearms, each for different use, a small stockpile of food and supplies, and adequate medical supplies (ymmv) paranoid, or just doing what is smart
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Some parts of St. Louis lost power for 6 weeks in the 2006-2007 winter due to an ice storm.
6 weeks of often freezing temperatures. And this is a modern city. Then we have the example of Katrina, and we all know what happened there.
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Originally Posted by Paladin132
Where do you folks draw the line? Do you ever stop and think, no I don't need bottled water, or nah I don't think I'll carry today because the water won't go off today and I won't be caught at the stop and rob at the wrong time.
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Not any more. Now my questions to myself are "
how much water, food, firewood, ammo, boards to board up my windows, etc. do I need?"
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Originally Posted by Paladin132
I'm not a survivalist nut
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Same here, but if I talk about storing even basic amounts of food, or procurring extra guns/high-cap mags in case the election goes bad, or plywood to board up my windows in case of riots, people think I've gone off the deep end. Oh well, my goal is to take care of my family. Everything else is secondary.
I don't think it's paranoid. I think it's survival of the prepared.
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Originally Posted by dcb188
Numerically, not percentage of population, numerically, there are more savages out there today than at any time in United States history.
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Now that's a sobering thought that I cannot dispute.