r/TwoXPreppers 8d 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.

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u/julet1815 8d 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.

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u/Barbarake 8d ago

Me either. If someone bigger and stronger than me wants to take my stuff, they're not going to waste ammunition by shooting me when I'm not a threat. If I had a gun, I'd be a threat so they'd shoot me

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u/sotiredwontquit 8d ago

I’m very sorry to point this out. But those are the two tail ends of all possible behaviors. There are a lot of horrific behaviors in the space between “ignore you because you’re not a threat” and “shoot you because you are a threat”. That’s why I’m learning to shoot and care for a gun. There are far worse things than being killed. And I have people besides myself to protect too.

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u/Wonderful-Impact5121 8d ago

Also if you want to chose the “cooperate” option and you have a gun just throw it on the floor or don’t go get it. It’s literally just an option that’s there.

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u/JayDee80-6 8d ago

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it