Survival Part II

Those of you who must live in the larger cities will have a bigger problem. You may not be able to have a large enough garden to sustain you and you may have no way to get water. The only thing I can say is to store as much food and water as possible and have an escape plan if it is possible after the takeover. Here in the northern parts of the U.S., where I live, heat is very important. I presently have a wood stove for supplemental heat and hope to have an outdoor wood burning furnace built by the next heating season. I now get all the wood I can use for free from federal land for free. Thus I can keep what is on my land for the time when the feds decide I can no longer cut wood on their land. Try to have a backup electrical system for the really necessary things like refrigeration, communications, etc. There are many ways to do that. Going to all 12v appliances for backup is one way. Today's camping industry can provide just about anything you would NEED for emergency situations. Having a generator is fine but is a short term fix. You would run out of fuel in time and may not be able to obtain more. The 12v batteries could be charged each time you drove your car or even with a small home-built wind generator. You also need to arm yourself. If you are now in a militia or are going to join one, that will take care of itself. Otherwise, you need to be thinking about firearms for both protection and for taking game for food. I have never suggested all of the high tech fully or even semi automatic rifles. To me if a survivalist has a good bolt action surplus rifle for which ammo is readily available, a good .22 rifle and a shotgun, that is plenty. The .22 and the shotgun can even be single shot if that is all you can afford. Adding a handgun or two will be a help, but not absolutely necessary. A decent .308, 30-06 or 30-30 rather than the surplus rifle would be excellent. Ammo for these is easy to come by and not too expensive. The rifle is for taking big game, such as deer while the .22 is excellent for small game such as rabbits and squirrels. The shotgun can provide for both procurring game and home protection. If you only have the money for one gun, I would reccomend a good 12 guage shotgun, probably a pump or auto-loader. If you happen to like them, a bolt action would also be fine, as long as it holds several rounds. With a shotgun you can get enough different types of ammo to cover all of your needs. Slugs or buckshot for taking large game and defense and smaller buckshot and birdshot for small game and indoor protection. Now that you are able to take care of yourself, you should start investing. I only reccomend two types of investing; silver and gold. My suggestion has always been, (and still is) start with the purchase of pre-1964 silver coins, then silver bars or rounds and then to gold. I feel that a couple of hundred dollars face value of pre-1964 quarters and dimes is sufficient to get you started in what may become a barter world. Everyone recognizes these coins and you will be able to trade easily. By then silver should be solidly established as a medium of exchange and the bars and rounds will be of good value. This is especially true of the one ounce size with the five ounce size next. As silver takes quite a bit of space to amass much value, you will want to go to gold at some point. My only problem with gold is that it's value, it may be harder to use as a medium of exchange as many people will not have expensive enough goods. This gold would be your main savings and investment. I have been investing in these metals and have never yet lost money. Now you should be ready to survive just about anything. I could go on about survival, but I will not. I have written about a dozen short books and booklet on all of these subjects and this is no place to try to get all of that info in. Remember, if you want to help save this country from the fasciunists; stay informed, vote, write letters, join a militia and learn survival techniques. America needs people that can do all of that if we are going to win her back.