Most of us have come across online communities that share stories and information about what could happen when the grid goes down. It is frightening to face life without the usual comforts of electricity and availability of food. Industries have been created around this scenario, and many people are already growing gardens and preparing for life without central air.
While home defense will be necessary in some situations, it has unfortunately become the focus of many people on these survivalist boards. There is no harm in having a food stockpile, a canister of survivalist garden seeds, and a plan for bugging out. However, it can become an unhealthy obsession, and people talk on for hours and days about how they will have to kill trespassers.
Some level of panic will always govern the behavior of some humans in a crisis, but the panic only worsens when people hear gunshots. For those who are not run out of their homes, firing upon a crowd of trespassers without knowing who they are or what they want is unforgivable. Things only become worse when each and every human approaching is regarded as an enemy.
Survivalists go on the assumption that they must be prepared to care for themselves and their loved ones in a crisis. There is nothing wrong with this notion of independent existence so long as they do not allow themselves to view every stranger as a danger. History has shown that people generally help one-another in a crisis, and this should continue to be the case.
Anyone who plans to defend their territory with firearms will be held accountable for their actions in doing so. If one is firing upon a group of people before asking them to identify themselves and state their business is committing a crime. There is no reason to commit murder just because someone happens to be traveling through your neighborhood.
There is no reason to deny food or shelter to a family group, or any other band of people who come peacefully to the door. Most emergency scenarios are only temporary collapses and come due to war or natural disasters. Very few people who approach a homesteader are likely to be willing to kill them in order to ensure their own comfort or survival, and if they did, they would likely be tried for their crimes once the situation abates.
It would be foolish not to assume that a traveling group is totally unarmed. What could have become a helpful friend all too easily becomes a deadly foe once the shooting begins. Without cool heads prevailing, opportunity to help those in need can become an even worse tragedy, and nobody wins when bullets are wasted on defensive measures rather than hunting.
The fact is, a small group of refugees may have members who have knowledge of gardening, medicine, and maintenance of machines or farm equipment. As family groups come together in the spirit of cooperation, they become a community that helps house, feed, and protect one another. Human beings have survived by their kindness towards others and not because they had a million bullets to fly at a stranger.
While home defense will be necessary in some situations, it has unfortunately become the focus of many people on these survivalist boards. There is no harm in having a food stockpile, a canister of survivalist garden seeds, and a plan for bugging out. However, it can become an unhealthy obsession, and people talk on for hours and days about how they will have to kill trespassers.
Some level of panic will always govern the behavior of some humans in a crisis, but the panic only worsens when people hear gunshots. For those who are not run out of their homes, firing upon a crowd of trespassers without knowing who they are or what they want is unforgivable. Things only become worse when each and every human approaching is regarded as an enemy.
Survivalists go on the assumption that they must be prepared to care for themselves and their loved ones in a crisis. There is nothing wrong with this notion of independent existence so long as they do not allow themselves to view every stranger as a danger. History has shown that people generally help one-another in a crisis, and this should continue to be the case.
Anyone who plans to defend their territory with firearms will be held accountable for their actions in doing so. If one is firing upon a group of people before asking them to identify themselves and state their business is committing a crime. There is no reason to commit murder just because someone happens to be traveling through your neighborhood.
There is no reason to deny food or shelter to a family group, or any other band of people who come peacefully to the door. Most emergency scenarios are only temporary collapses and come due to war or natural disasters. Very few people who approach a homesteader are likely to be willing to kill them in order to ensure their own comfort or survival, and if they did, they would likely be tried for their crimes once the situation abates.
It would be foolish not to assume that a traveling group is totally unarmed. What could have become a helpful friend all too easily becomes a deadly foe once the shooting begins. Without cool heads prevailing, opportunity to help those in need can become an even worse tragedy, and nobody wins when bullets are wasted on defensive measures rather than hunting.
The fact is, a small group of refugees may have members who have knowledge of gardening, medicine, and maintenance of machines or farm equipment. As family groups come together in the spirit of cooperation, they become a community that helps house, feed, and protect one another. Human beings have survived by their kindness towards others and not because they had a million bullets to fly at a stranger.
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