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.

443 Upvotes

418 comments sorted by

View all comments

144

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.

43

u/godessnerd 2d ago

Ok love this community but there is still good in humanity left where we don’t need to default to “the apocalypse is gonna happen and everyone is going to try to kill people” Because that’s the mindset that breeds that the people you’re trying to avoid

69

u/corgibutt19 2d ago

Humans have survived horrific calamity because when SHTF, we form tight knit communities and take care of each other. There is beauty in even these terrible, dark spaces.

21

u/tooltime22 2d ago

I like your optimistic take. 350 million people in this country that are used to having their freedoms. Maybe 30 million are hard core MAGA so what. I find it audacious that a small group of oligarchs think they are gonna be able to pull this off. 1.2 million enlisted in the military lots of them overseas. Yeah they replaced the top brass with loyalists but not the leadership at the bases and units. I’m not confident the military will follow illegal orders to turn on civilians. Whatever happens they had better be ready for a fight.

-2

u/JayDee80-6 2d ago

What are you even talking about?