63. Eggplant:

I have laid in about six-months worth of food supplies, water I can obtain fairly easily as long as there aren’t any bio threats. Fuel is problematic, I have two-three weeks laid by but after that it gets dicey.

I have many guns and even more ammo (been collecting since I was eight years old) and my entire family are good shots. Being directly north of, and bordering, the septic would that is the City of Detroit has lead me to take serious defensive measures, and to discuss them with my like-minded neighbors. As long as the bad-guys don’t have missles or mortars we can hold our own for a few months.

If you are seriously considering weaponry I would suggest a pump-shotgun (almost as fast as a semi-auto and much easier to keep up) and a solid old bolt-action rifle. For close work a good semi-auto pistol is almost required. A decent 22cal auto rifle (al la Ruger 10-22) would also be a good investment. Practice, as I am sure you know, is the most important aspect.

I pray to God every day that I’m dead wrong on this sort of stuff and that I can spend the rest of my life target shooting with the ammo I have stashed.