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Why Private Security Will Be A Goldmine In SHTF, by R.M.
To help establish my credentials, I will tell you that I am a U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Veteran with multiple tours to Iraq. After this time, I served with a certain Private Security Firm in Iraq and Afghanistan for over three years, conducting high threat security in very dangerous environments.
I understand that not every person will be able to do this; perhaps it will only be a small amount. It will all depend on your personal health and level of training, as well as the market in the area around you.
J.W. Rawles in his novels noted a few characters that took up a temporary job guarding an Amish farm with their “space rifles”. They were not getting anything above and beyond what this profession provided them– their most basic need of survival.
Now no one knows quite how the SHTF scenario will play out. It could be a total collapse, as JWR’s novels showed, or it could be something more akin to the Great Depression– a collapse that is only partial and a slow slide towards poverty and depression, in which case security will become worse and worse, better in some areas, and horrible in others. As in any scenario, good or bad, there will be opportunities for money to be made in private security.
I see the private security world being an “opportunity” during the collapse. Those seeking private security could range from well off folks who live in cities and have assets that are still worth something and government officials to farmers and ranchers in rural areas. Regardless, security will be something that is needed, and perhaps that’s where you can fill a gap.
As I noted at the beginning, I have worked in Private Security overseas in high threat areas, doing site and personal security. I have experience in this field, so it is something I have considered because it is an option that I see for myself. The reasons overseas contractors make so much money is because it is a very dangerous job– no safety net, disability, health insurance, nor long term employment options. You are paid well, because of this. Currently, it is very hard to make decent money, or at least be “well paid” for it, in the U.S. because it’s not that dangerous here. That is true, at least for those who would have the resources to pay well.
As things deteriorate further and further, there will be a markedly large uptick in crime from home burglaries to kidnappings and ransom. It’s not that America is special, and Mexico City doesn’t have the magical fairy dust we do. It’s that there is more corruption in the police force; with that situation, it’s easier for criminals to use that void in law enforcement (LE) to conduct these activities profitably. We will see this in America, too. Those who are well off and rich now may not be once this starts happening, but there are always those who have assets and those that take advantage of these situations to position themselves to maintain a certain quality of life.
Source: http://survivalblog.com/why-private-security-will-be-a-goldmine-in-shtf-by-r-m/
