RE: More shootings.
December 27, 2012 at 12:58 pm
(This post was last modified: December 27, 2012 at 1:00 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I have guns because I'm a hunter, a target shooter, and a collector/admirer of guns. The whole survival thing doesn't even factor in.
(most homicides don't entail "a fighting chance" regardless of the weapon -including bare hands-)
I would be as perplexed as you if someone said they needed their huge collection of high caliber weapons for survival in North America. Firstly, one day- no matter what, the ammo would run dry. Until that day, the only firearm that makes any sense in a survival situation in N. America is a .22/20 over/under or takedown. It's a short, lightweight 22 rifle with a 20 gauge shotgun beneath (or with a receiver that accepts a 22 or 20 gauge barrel). Breech loaded and single fire they are exceedingly rugged and simple to use (probably worthless in the commission of a crime - hell, they don't even -look- threatening enough to scare a clerk - they look like toys). It's a fairly weak firearm, as far as firearms go, but the upside is that you can carry literally thousands of rounds in your pocket (and the rounds -.22 specifically- are probably the easiest to come by on this continent en-mass). There is no game animal here that you would realistically look to take down in a survival situation that a .22/20 over under could not handle. The downside, if you want to call it that, is that neither of these rounds are going to win you a firefight. I can't call that a downside though, because if the objective is survival, there is absolutely no reason to engage another human being in a firefight, ever. If Bubba wants your canned peaches, you let Bubba have your canned peaches and you just keep walking, rgr?
(most homicides don't entail "a fighting chance" regardless of the weapon -including bare hands-)
I would be as perplexed as you if someone said they needed their huge collection of high caliber weapons for survival in North America. Firstly, one day- no matter what, the ammo would run dry. Until that day, the only firearm that makes any sense in a survival situation in N. America is a .22/20 over/under or takedown. It's a short, lightweight 22 rifle with a 20 gauge shotgun beneath (or with a receiver that accepts a 22 or 20 gauge barrel). Breech loaded and single fire they are exceedingly rugged and simple to use (probably worthless in the commission of a crime - hell, they don't even -look- threatening enough to scare a clerk - they look like toys). It's a fairly weak firearm, as far as firearms go, but the upside is that you can carry literally thousands of rounds in your pocket (and the rounds -.22 specifically- are probably the easiest to come by on this continent en-mass). There is no game animal here that you would realistically look to take down in a survival situation that a .22/20 over under could not handle. The downside, if you want to call it that, is that neither of these rounds are going to win you a firefight. I can't call that a downside though, because if the objective is survival, there is absolutely no reason to engage another human being in a firefight, ever. If Bubba wants your canned peaches, you let Bubba have your canned peaches and you just keep walking, rgr?
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