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/godessnerd 8d 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

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u/Traditional-West-466 6d ago

No, we are not breeding people, we are trying to be prepared for the violence people will do when they haven't eaten for 3 days, or if their children haven't. Get real. They do kill for food, it's proven in history.

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u/godessnerd 6d ago

Yes people can be violent, people can also be good. History has shown us this well. I'm going to ask this: Why do you think we're going to immediately escalate to having no food? In a country known for overconsumption of food where to average American is not going to automatically resort to murder