Colorado, crap place for bugging out to.

[Great-Kazoo]

I got a creepy feeling today. Even a mild economic depression, is going to be really really really bad. Too much diversity, low moral standards, etc. We would turn into animals pretty quick, a few weeks at most. Sparse resources may mean people leave the area also.

Outside those of us staying put. The majority of people would drift from one metro area to the other, expecting some .gov entity to take care of them. How many people can you count in your area that have no plans for a power loss? Multiple that by X and they will be the scavengers of tomorrow. Armed, perhaps, mob mentality, most definitely.
The question you need to ask yourself is this.
IF it became that bad. CAN I TAKE ANOTHER PERSONS LIFE ?? Not maybe but Can I do this NOW? Add children in to the equation because that is what the have not's OR dislocated people will be using to sway and or gain entry in to the area that has what they do not.
That question and your answer, while not something i want to see responded to here. Is one you must seriously ask, think and talk about with loved ones and others of your group. Talk, discuss, pray what ever BUT Realize This Scenario may very well happen. Myself who knows.?
AGAIN that question should be thought about and not discussed in any forum.

[FastMan]

Outside those of us staying put. The majority of people would drift from one metro area to the other, expecting some .gov entity to take care of them. How many people can you count in your area that have no plans for a power loss? Multiple that by X and they will be the scavengers of tomorrow. Armed, perhaps, mob mentality, most definitely.
The question you need to ask yourself is this.
IF it became that bad. CAN I TAKE ANOTHER PERSONS LIFE ?? Not maybe but Can I do this NOW? Add children in to the equation because that is what the have not's OR dislocated people will be using to sway and or gain entry in to the area that has what they do not.
That question and your answer, while not something i want to see responded to here. Is one you must seriously ask, think and talk about with loved ones and others of your group. Talk, discuss, pray what ever BUT Realize This Scenario may very well happen. Myself who knows.?
AGAIN that question should be thought about and not discussed in any forum.

It's a good question, Jim. Same one they suggest you ask yourself when you take the CCW training. When the time comes, and for me it's something I've yet to encounter, I imagine you really have to have it together. You can't blink when it comes time to react, yet at the same time you can't and shouldn't over react. Neutralize the situation if possible, but don't get caught napping and let them get the draw.

Also imagine some encounters would be blatantly obvious what to do, the attack would be on, while others might be more coy to begin. How to handle it?

I'm a jock, lots of sports competition in my life. A majorly important part of that was something called visualization. You mentally rehearse your performance before you actually compete, visualizing in your mind every movement you will be making in great detail, to the extent it almost feels like you're actually doing it for real. I can see the same exercise being valuable with this.