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Originally Posted by Equalitor
2. Get an unregistered weapon and hide it. It is good to have friends with contacts..
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i think we should also remember that this chaos has not ACTUALLY hapened yet, we still live in a system of laws, and suggesting people commit a felony, I think, isn't helpful.
On that note, I'm starting to think the pepper spray thing would be ideal for self defense in urban areas. If you live in an urban area, if martial law is declared city houses may be searched but I doubt rural areas will get the same scrutiny. In any case, when it comes to living it ruff, many native peoples could hunt competently without guns. Perhaps research trapping techniques. Ultimately everyone should follow their conscience, and be prepared however they feel necessary. Lets just not try to end up in jail BEFORE it all goes down, as that's definitely the last place you wanna be...
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I understand your concern. If I was about to get unlegal weapons, the situation would be VERY close to being critical and I stood without a huntingweapon. I don't think that will happen. If I was told my weapon was to be taken in [probably they would just knock on my door and ask for it] I would of course take off to the woods at once. But I would not be the first to be searched in that case, and some media would find out what was going on. Eventually I could be warned by friends.
If there was to be war here, they would not take guns, but arm as many as possible against invading enemies.
How would pepperspray be for defending/scaring against a pack of robbers in the city you think? They actually organize smart too: In groups! It would make them far angrier and hunt you for a lifetime, if you got away from the bullet rain and having wounded one. You could really dream of a pump action shotgun then. Oh mama.. Staying away from cities are the smartest anyway, and store anything useful out of town.
And how to take down a large moose with snares, or even a [cross]bow in a windy, dusk, quite thight forest at 150 meters [450 ft]? Not to think about a deer in the same situation. Remember that you would want a meal of meat more than once a month if you run out of shelf food... and something other than mice and occacional fish only.
It's nothing personal. Just that I would not accept such conditions for myself, and are interested in others opinions.
You get credit for wanting peaceful solutions, but it is not the weapon who decides your actions. If you do not want to kill people in self defense, just shoot them in the feet/legs/arms then. That is somewhat just as difficult as spraying them enough to drop their weapons, and having a WAY better reach. This is more easily done with a shotgun, as you can imagine. What if your attackers wear facemasks for defending against such things as pepperspray? If they wear bulletproof vests you would at least have tried, and with most normal vests they really feel it if they are hit at 3 meters anyway. Guess they would breake a rib bone, or two. The feet and arms are always unarmored. Those options gives you a second chance to knock them out any way you want, when they feel shock and pain by being shot somewhere.
Just my little word.
-Eq