What Guns and Gear to "Panic Buy"?

Pro tip: just make buying arms and gear part of your regular purchase schedule and then you don’t have to panic buy.

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As an infantryman in the Marine Corps I learned from multiple deployments that physical fitness and skills/practice were the most important things. I also learned to keep my gear as simple as the particular mission allowed.

As a European I thought you were crazy in the USA for arming yourself for so little reason, then covid arrived and then I could really see the madness of the people. Since then I have obtained my licenses (which are relatively complicated to obtain for weapons other than hunting in Belgium/France) and I go to the shooting range every week. I also invested in several 1m³ water tanks to collect rainwater and created a large, varied vegetable garden. After reflection, I also prepared a stock of canned food and when these are a few weeks from expiry I renew my stock and give those that I would not be able to consume in quantity to associations so that they remain useful. I have also accumulated various heals, solar panels as well as chemical products such as bleach and alcohol to possibly prevent disinfection. Finally, camping equipment, tarpaulins and useful objects such as ropes, tarpaulins, nails, axes, spades, shovels. I am not preparing for a war or an apocalypse but for a possible catastrophe that could drive people crazy again. Man is a wolf to man and in critical situations the most prepared people will be the ones who come out the best. Since the covid where I was able to see with my own eyes attacks in stores and in pharmacies by panicked people I have added the defense factor in the emotion and in the event of an even greater disaster I now have what to defend myself and my loved ones if someone wants to attack us for coveting my possessions. It's better to be too careful than not enough. For my part I accumulated little by little all the things I said, it cost me a little money but not excessively and even if I would perhaps never use some of them , this reassures me that they are useful when needed. Thank you for this video, even if I have already prepared in my own way it will certainly be useful to others. Sorry for my bad English, I did the best I could, stay safe

"Stay ready so you don't have to get ready" This goes for gear, equipment, and physical fitness.

Imagine being 100% prepped, putting on your kit, and then going into a diabetic coma.

Books. I ordered 2 books on wild edibles and I was absolutely astonished at the number of plants I recognized that are not only edible, but in some cases have 60x the nutritional value by weight compared to some of our best cultivated foods. Half the weeds in your back yard are edible, and if you only focus on the gear you need for a fight, you’ll die of starvation not knowing those stubborn weeds are a life saving garden. You could walk through a roadside ditch and gather a meal.

As a father - would love to hear an additional video on what the kids could need / use and what that preparation means for me.

Pro tip: be in the habit of backpacking a couple times a year. You’ll figure out what works, and acquire and use a lot of this gear in the process.

There's always a run on weapons & ammunition, there's rarely a run on first aid & medical.

The fire extinguisher comment at the end hit me. I purchased my first home 4 years ago and don't have one. I'm feeling like a real dum dum now, wow. Gonna fix that real quick! Thanks for the great info Lucas!

I have gotten a few friends fully kitted out from everything on this list and got them to start take training alot more seriously. These videos help me and other people so much. Thank you as always!

My worse fear is I have all this cool stuff and I have trained only to get clapped by a guy with a hi point firing into the air 🤣

Lucas is right about the fire extinguisher! Guys and Gals make sure you have fire extinguishers that are working and staged properly. Great video. Everyone, please add a whistle to your kit. I was trapped beneath rubble after an IED explosion and a whistle that a kid from kunar gave me saved my life. I blew that sucker so hard I passed out. Anyway the EOD guys found me and from that day onward I carry a whistle everywhere.

Being prepared is a multilayered, multifaceted process that you have to be aware of. And it is VERY involved both in thought and actual process.

Always great thought exercises Lucas! Thanks for all the things you guys do!

Being prepared is relative. I’m 71 years old I did two tours in Nam. Now there’s no way I’m gonna be prepared the same way T.Rex might at 30 years old. I Was still on active reserves at that age. Women who are 45 will prep differently. We’re going to need all kinds of people to prep differently, if any of us are going to survive, you just Gotta do the best you can and hope nothing ever happens that’s worse than you prepped for.

When I first got into guns during and just after covid, I made it a point to buy two 20 round boxes of 5.56 every month, and at least one box of 9mm, either my carry ammo or some cheap FMJ. Made sure to keep it to brands I could find everywhere. If I saw a good deal in a store, I’d grab that too. Never much. I literally built a 1000+ round 5.56 stash, 20 rounds at a time.

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With all the turmoil unraveling in the world. This content is most relevant. Thank you for the valuable information! 🇺🇸❤