And stock up on cigars and wine, who says the collapse of western civilization cannot be done with style.

Whatever you think might happen or hope happens, you should already have stockpiles of food and water. Ask any Ramona resident about not having water for weeks, check with anyone who lived through a devastating earthquake, I bet they have plenty of both. Even if you never use your stockpile, it will make you sleep better, it’s like having fire insurance, you’ll probably never need it but if you do it’s nice. I personally lived through a catastrophe many years ago and had to drink the water from the toilet tank to get through the third day (yucky), fortunately it never got to the point of drinking the bowl water (super yucky). Once you’ve drank toilet water, you always have a stockpile (and you never put the blue stuff in the tank). That was in the days before bottled water was so commonplace, for very little money you can get a 55 gallon plastic drum and fill it with tap water, you can also buy ten cases of bottled water for $50 and stack them in the garage.

My biggest fear is thousands of handguns going to scared novices. You don’t point and shoot handguns, you are more likely to hurt youself than protect yourself. If you really get scared, but a shotgun or take the time now to learn how to shoot, you don’t just buy a gun because it’s on your survival checklist. Until you put at least a thousand rounds through a handgun, you are a danger to yourself. When and if you ever need to use it, your heart will be racing, your hands will be shaking and if you haven’t already mastered the muscle memory in a calm situation, you will fold like lawn chair under duress.