SHTF Groups

[Great-Kazoo]

That could get ugly really quickly. Especially if it's more than your group. Best to have some supplies at home and not plan on shooting people you don't have to.

If he needs supplies that bad, he was never prepared.

[wack8]

Are you being serious?

Haha, semi-serious. Mainly curious if there were groups out there that would do that kind of stuff. I'd probably try to do a last minute big grocery run before things got too serious. I'm not gonna go in guns blazing to lock down my local Safeway, or fight my way into one that is locked down. I was really just seeing if anyone thought that stuff like that would happen.

If he needs supplies that bad, he was never prepared.

And the whole point of the post wasn't about the fact that I'm not prepared, I have supplies to bug in for a few months. This thread is about SHTF Groups though, not about having supplies in my house. When SHTF I'm not intending on turning into a crazy, I'd prefer not to fire my weapon at all, unless someone was trying to raid my house. Just throwing out some extreme thoughts / questions because I feel like that's what people hangout in these SHTF topics for, but I could totally be wrong.

[ronaldrwl]

What a great discussion. Building a group of like minded people is great but my neighbors would all be dead weight. What about Colorado AR-15 being the foundation for 'our' group. I'm thinking the group would be for trading of supplies and services. We would have to have meeting places and ham radios for communications. Just having a trading group would make a huge difference in surviving. Ham radios are needed because you can't depend on the internet or phones.


CO AR-15 Trading Group:
1 - Places to meet for trading supplies and services.
2 - Predetermined ham radio frequencies for communications.
3 - Some way of identifying each other.

[HoneyBadger]

What a great discussion. Building a group of like minded people is great but my neighbors would all be dead weight. What about Colorado AR-15 being the foundation for 'our' group. I'm thinking the group would be for trading of supplies and services. We would have to have meeting places and ham radios for communications. Just having a trading group would make a huge difference in surviving. Ham radios are needed because you can't depend on the internet or phones.


CO AR-15 Trading Group:
1 - Places to meet for trading supplies and services.
2 - Predetermined ham radio frequencies for communications.
3 - Some way of identifying each other.

I think this sounds great, but I would like to have some way to keep it private so that anyone with google can't see our planned meeting places and such. I think somebody mentioned making an invite-only subforum on here to talk about it and I like the idea. I just don't want people with bad intentions knowing our secrets.

[ChunkyMonkey]

I know I can trust some of you... not sure about the gay narrated honey badger though.

[HoneyBadger]

I know I can trust some of you... not sure about the gay narrated honey badger though.

Hey, C'mon now! I didn't ask for that title!

[Omicron]

I think this sounds great, but I would like to have some way to keep it private so that anyone with google can't see our planned meeting places and such. I think somebody mentioned making an invite-only subforum on here to talk about it and I like the idea. I just don't want people with bad intentions knowing our secrets.

This IS something we could set up without too much problem. How would you propose we allow membership? Like the trading post?

[Sawin]

This IS something we could set up without too much problem. How would you propose we allow membership? Like the trading post?

I'd think it can just begin from the top. You mods can allow certain members of the site to get in, based on your own selection and then each of those folks have the opportunity to suggest additional members who they know personally, and think should be a part of the conversation.

[ronaldrwl]

The way the trading post works now is great. We just to need to make sure we can contact and meet each other when the lights go out.

[00tec]

I'd think it can just begin from the top. You mods can allow certain members of the site to get in, based on your own selection and then each of those folks have the opportunity to suggest additional members who they know personally, and think should be a part of the conversation.

I would tend to agree. Either referrals or maybe a 100+ post minimum. Weed out the lookyloos. Something to show genuine activity among us.