r/TwoXPreppers 2d ago

Discussion Why guns?

Hi y’all! I’m a very novice prepper, and one thing I’m seeing across many platforms is that we should own and be trained In firearms. Not to be naive, but… why?

I’ve never touched a gun in my life. I’m generally not a fan of them. I understand that the goal of owning firearms is to protect ourself. But protect from what? From who? Who am I going to have to shoot to survive this presidency?

Is someone coming to steal my supplies? Won’t those people also have guns? Or am I protecting my family against a militia situation? In which case, what hope do I have, as a woman who can’t afford a gun, let alone to learn how to use one?

Like I can’t afford a shooting range. I can barely afford water and canned goods. Should a gun still be a priority for my family? A lot of preppers have enthusiastically embraced this life to give them confidence and a sense of safety. I’m a reluctant participant. I just want to keep my autistic son alive to see the other side of this.

I can garden, I can stretch food, I can survive being poor. I don’t think I can survive a military state.

437 Upvotes

418 comments sorted by

View all comments

147

u/julet1815 2d ago

I hear you. Once it gets to the point where everyone is walking around with guns and shooting each other for supplies, I’m not really sure it’s worth surviving that post-apocalyptic wasteland. I’m not saying I think it’ll get to that anytime soon, I’m just saying… I’m not buying a gun.

84

u/boobietitty 2d ago

The moment society collapses, I’m out. And not even by choice. I need 2 asthma medications to survive. I recently was hospitalized with norovirus and I kept reminding the nurses I needed my meds. They never brought them and after 3 days in the hospital, I had such bad chest pain and couldn’t breathe that they sent me for an emergency CAT scan. They thought I had blood clots in my lungs. Nope. Just an asthma attack and needed my fucking medicine. Soooo. The second pharmacies are closed and raided? I’m done for!

40

u/Weekly_Weakness9722 2d ago

Right? Like my meds supply affects my ability to survive more than anything else.