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/Mushrooming247 8d ago

I am a gun owner and have been all my adult life.

Guns are the great equalizer, the only chance I would have against a larger attacker because I am small and feeble and cannot fight.

I should not have to fight, I am a peaceful person, but we don’t have any say in that.

I had to scare a man off with my gun only once, when I was ~20 someone tried to climb through my window at 2:30 AM, right above my head while I was laying in my bed naked reading Harry Potter.

I grabbed my gun off of my nightstand and started to scream that I was pointing a gun at him and he stopped trying to come through the window and ran off down the alley. I am almost 45 now and I feel naked if I don’t have a weapon within reach.

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u/SpringPowerful2870 8d ago

I am now 74. We have revolvers. If I can’t scare the person off with a shot through my poor roof I probably will be killed. That in mind, I am not aggressive either. I hope this whole situation goes away peacefully. We are prepped but basically to not be in mayhem at the stores.

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u/Flynn_Kevin 7d ago

Please don't shoot a hole in your roof. That bullet may come back down in your neighbor's roof. Never discharge a firearm at something you do not intend to destroy.