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what does sponsoring entail? i more often than not cannot make it out to these things.......if i can afford, i'll sponsor though

PEOPLE were buying way more house than they could afford.

what a butthammer.

only way we could really muster the numbers we need, is to be as well financed as they are, and go the paid protester route as they are.

work

it ain't sunk yet

loose lips sink ships. dammit. how many times do you guys hafta hear that??

something everyone's over looking. are you physically fit? 'cause most of us aren't.

going outside and not being able to start your lawnmower or chainsaw or snowblower is incompetence. not knowing how to log into your email is a slight inconvenience. what i find most amusing/disturbing, is that too dam many people store ALL of their stuff on the icloud, or some other version of the cloud. i can't tell you how many times i've tried to explain to them that they're storing their personal shit on someone elses computer......and regardless of what you think.....that ain't secure. at all.

as others have said. bugging out=bad idea. unless we're about to fall off the side of the country, or sink......shelter in place. thing is...by the time you realize you need to "get outta dodge" so have the other couple million people in the area. your home is(for the most part) defendable. your vehicle is not. unless it's an m1 abrams. virtually the ONLY defense in a vehicle is speed. you won't be able to drive fast. you'll be stuck out in the traffic jam with other people you don't know. bugging in, 1) water. plenty of it. if you suspect shit 'bout to hit, fill your bathtub, and any pots n pans you have. 3 days without water usually= ex-human being. 2) food. canned food. easily stored, and much of it can be eaten without cooking should it be absolutely necessary. it doesn't take tons of room, and as long as the cans aren't damaged, and are metal, it'll last for years. 3) secure your shit. weapons you're comfortable and practiced with. the key here is to be proficient with your weapons of choice. you also will need the correct mindset. remember.....just showing the weapon more than likely won't end a situation. if you hesitate, you die. 4) alternative source for electric. the genny topic's been covered pretty well here. thanks to one of the posts above, i'll be adding the deep-cycle battery idea to my stuff, along with picking up a 2nd genny when i get the money. 5) heat. more than likely, you'll be able to run your homes heater from the genny...but you should have some sort of non-electrically operated heat source. wood stove, fireplace, or even(when you get desperate) one of those commercial propane heaters. 6) KEEP CASH ON HAND. extended periods without electric, you more than likely won't be able to use your cards, nor will you be able to get money from the atm. 7) keep gasoline ahead. rotate it, as with all the additives and whatnot, it's really only got a 7-9 month shelf life anymore. you cannot get gas outta the ground without electric. my understanding is that christie mandated some shit that gas stations need to have an alternative power source just in case. but.....i know for fact that my landlord hasn't installed such at the station where my shop is, nor has our gas retailer neighbor across the street. 8) you probably want to keep copies of all legal documents you may need on a thumb drive. 9) make friends with your neighbors. i probably shoulda put this up higher. but.......you will NOT survive alone if they want your shit. make friends with them, make arrangements to share resources, and your entire neighborhood(or block at least) will be much better off.

your FIXED place of business. if you don't own the business, you can't legally carry at work, regardless of what your boss or client wants.....

more info? meh nevermind.....friday

gas was only sparse up there, 'cause......you can't get gas outta the ground without electricity. i spent the whole time being amazed that the warnings were there, yet no one stored extra gas. when i thought she was gonna hit us down here, i had 15 gallons in the garage, the genny was full, dakota and jeep both had full tanks. i had plenty of gas to weather a couple weeks running the genny. and food. and water. many friends thought i was nuts. till they saw how bad you guys had it, and realized that very easily could've been us. the other thing i might add, is that on average, most gas stations only keep about a 3-4 day supply of gas in the ground. even though they've got much greater capacity.

loose lips sink ships.

would any of us have been for the exact same circumstances?

and many that post "news" on farcebook get that from the likes of twitter.

sorry to cut up your post. i'm kind of confused on how there is no individual right when it says "the right of the people". that aside though......an ar or ak at this point is the closest we're legitimately allowed to own to what the military uses. they're dependable, light, and accurate(yes, even the ak). furthermore......knowing how the anti's work....should we not fight back hard on their wish to ban one of both of these, they WILL come for another specific model next time 'round.

in what conditions? in the clear? in an urban environment? rural? lots of tall buildings? do you want the comms to be private?(actually ANYthing on the airwaves won't be private).

virtually the only way you'll see 27 miles outta those is if you're both on the tops of hills/mountains, and there's zero obstructions in between.

direct unit to unit, you are limited by line of sight, barring any obstructions. i think for avg height person, standing on sea level ground, the horizon is only around 3 miles......so without repeaters or skip....you ain't got much chance of going much farther than that

they are telling us that we need no more guns laws.

i have both the baofeng uv5r, and a pair of motorola blisterpack. both give me an approx. straightline of 3/4 mile. i've got nagoya na-771 antennas on the baofengs. while i've only got that distance direct unit to unit....i can wake up a repeater that is known to be 8 miles away.

excellent point. i should change "paranoid" to "worried"?

is this something we should be paranoid over?

not sure where to put this, so i figured here's as gooa a place as any. anyone heard of these? used them? http://www.safariland.com/in-the-spotlight/liberator-hp.html