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Are You Sure That You Are Ready To Defend Yourself?, by Brett S.
You stocked supplies with plenty of beans, bullets, and Band-Aids. You have backup plans to your backup plans and know your family can survive months without any contact from the outside world. You are ready for just about any cataclysmic event, should one happen. But are you really ready for the most important decision of your life and the life of your family members? How far would you go to protect your life and the life of a family member?
Preparing for disaster doesn’t necessarily mean you prepare for armed combat, but practically, disasters create an environment where the aggressor takes all from those unable to maintain control of their possessions. Those that have not prepared and find themselves with nothing to lose will do whatever it takes to survive, even robbing, stealing, or killing others to take their supplies. In a time where laws cannot be enforced, the primal law of the land is king, for whoever is stronger than another, owns that which he can take by force. This not only includes your supplies and food, but also your family members.
Some people refuse to consider preparing for the possibility of horrific violence that may be placed upon their family members. By rationalizing fear with excuses of “we’ll be too far away from the city for this to happen”, or “I’ll just shoot whoever tries”, will only increase the odds of failure should you or your family face threats of death and violence. The first step of surviving a violent encounter is accepting that it can happen no matter your preparation or denial of the possibility.
As you read this, you are now preparing yourself to defend against this potential violence. After you read this article, you need to rise from your chair and make plans to save your life and the life of your family members by following two simple rules; (1) Physically prepare to fight for your life and (2) Mentally prepare to take a life. Unless you have experience in the military or law enforcement, you need to do a lot more than convince yourself that the solution of “I will just shoot them” is all you need to do. Easy in theory, but in practice, not so much.
The easy part is preparing now for physically defending your family in the future. This does not mean purchasing an armory of weapons and a ton of ammunition; although if you can do this, you’ll be the envy of many and possibly the focus of a government investigation. You also do not need to spend years earning a black belt in martial arts. You do need to know what constitutes a weapon and how to employ it. This includes items specifically designed as weapons, such as a shotgun or handgun. It also includes items not specifically designed with a self-defense purpose, but can be effective improvised weapons. Something as innocuous as a rolled up magazine used as an impact weapon or a power cord of a lamp used as a garrote can be considered improvised weapons and not under the control of any law as weapons.
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