I didn’t realize you already posted. I hope the poor bastard that gets the job can handle it.

I saw that. I posted it on another thread this week. Sounds rough. Getting pid 100k to sit on a beach, snorkel, etc.

do you have any links to back this up? What about our right to bear arms? If you have a registered weapon, you mean to tell me they went up and took your weapons?

Im going to need some proof/evidence other than “I head this.”

also – what ‘non lethal’ weapons do you speak of?

ps – the doom and gloom on here today was hysterical.

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Yikes,
This really happened. It was reported in the NRA magazine American Rifleman and also in the mainstream news media. It was the police though that were taking weapons from people not Blackwater. These weapons were legally registered by the way. And remember, the police weren’t protecting the public so the only people with guns were criminals. Some people were arrested who didn’t want to give up their weapons. Also remember that these people were in their houses, they weren’t carrying the weapons around outside. Just another good reason to have a couple of weapons with no paper trail in a secure location.

I’ve had the bushes removed in my front yard so I have clear fields of fire. I’m also having fences put up in order to channel intruders towards the front.

As far as the food list, I’m not sure if peanut butter was mentioned, but you would want that because it is high in protein and keeps well.

lots of hefty bags, plastic tarps and strapping tape (not duct tape) for rain gear, carrying stuff and fixing windows.

painkillers would be key, as would antibiotics. having to wait months for a dentist w/o painkillers would be awful. I’m hoping it doesn’t get that bad, as I don’t have either (other than aspirin)

asthma inhaler things. so many people need them. statins, so your aged relatives don’t have to go cold turkey.

learn where all the local Mormons live, as it is one of their doctrines that they are supposed to keep a year’s supply of food on hand (really).

you cannot buy any of the non=-lethal weapons sas listed. you might be able to build a few of them though if you really wanted to.

for non-lethal, think mace.

1) that NYT link pisses me off. what’s the difference between hiring security to carry firearms, but the residents can’t have weapons? what’s that about? is it simply the size of your weapon that matters? if that’s the case, i’ll pick up that AR-15 ive been eyeballing. and then i’ll get a SECURITY badge from the mall.

2) those non-lethal weapons you speak of … can they be purchased by anyone? just curious.

i actually dont believe it’s going to get nearly this bad, and i sure as heck hope it doesn’t (but im glad we’re out of NYC). it is fun and somewhat disturbing to talk about this stuff as if it were a video game or something.

i’d say, ‘that stuff only happens in 3rd world countries’ … but based on the debt the US has compiled in the last few years …