I refuse to tell you who I am when I walk through the door.

Me walking through the door:

cz308 said:

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I might have missed it somewhere, but why is everyone buying up all the guns and ammo right now? Closer to the election, sure, but why now?

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Is this guy serious?

cz308 said:

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I might have missed it somewhere, but why is everyone buying up all the guns and ammo right now? Closer to the election, sure, but why now?

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Have you been on a deserted island and have just now returned to civilization in the last 24 hours?

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cz308 said:

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I might have missed it somewhere, but why is everyone buying up all the guns and ammo right now? Closer to the election, sure, but why now?

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Is this guy serious?

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He's probably serious and also probably very practical. Much like myself, I understand what has triggered these unprepared souls, but guns and toilet paper are in the back of my brain STILL trying to be understood and processed. As I said I guess people are going to take massive ****s and then go shoot the infected...I dunno.

That said, after ALL of the panic buys previously, we have slowly been purchasing ammo and weapons IN BETWEEN crises as opportunities arise. Now, sitting in this, we are fully stocked and have been for years. We LIVE stocked. So when all this stuff hits the fan, we just kinda camp out and do our thing at the house. There is NO panic or concern on our end. Maybe there should be, but the feeling of peace that comes with being stocked up is pretty liberating. There is nothing like watching people take carts of toilet paper and thinking to yourself "You crazy ass people" as you open your storage closet and see 6 mega packs that have continually remained stocked for years. Same with food.

NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PREPARE. YESTERDAY WAS.

I think people start to think about looting scenarios and defending themselves and their property. That crosses my mind more in these times. I have also been stocking up over time since the last major scare. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't take another 500-1000 rounds of 223.

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cz308 said:

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I might have missed it somewhere, but why is everyone buying up all the guns and ammo right now? Closer to the election, sure, but why now?

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Have you been on a deserted island and have just now returned to civilization in the last 24 hours?

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Let me guess, you are hoarding TP too huh? I have more than enough firearms and ammo so panic buying makes no sense to me. People are just thinking oh crap the TP is gone so I better go buy ammo?

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I think all of this is more about:

"OH ****, THE JONES ARE BUYING xxxxx, I BETTER GO BUY xxxxx BECAUSE I LACK CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND NEED TO MAKE UP FOR IT AND FEEL BETTER.

cz308 said:

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schmellba99 said:

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cz308 said:

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I might have missed it somewhere, but why is everyone buying up all the guns and ammo right now? Closer to the election, sure, but why now?

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Have you been on a deserted island and have just now returned to civilization in the last 24 hours?

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Let me guess, you are hoarding TP too huh? I have more than enough firearms and ammo so panic buying makes no sense to me. People are just thinking oh crap the TP is gone so I better go buy ammo?

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Hoarding?

No. Smart enough to have a couple of weeks of TP at any given time and a crap ton of ammo stocked up based on historical events (magnified during election years to boot)?

Yes.

Honestly, if you didn't learn on the ammo front from Sandy hook, the 8 years of Obama, etc. - there is literally nothing in this world that can hammer through your thick skull that people wig out over anything and everything and that keeping a supply of something (such as, oh, I don't know - ammo, TP, dry goods) that will last for more than a few days is simply a prudent thing to do. And if you couldn't figure out by about mid Feb that this thing was going to blow up, then you were either oblivious or are willfully ignorant and don't put any real amount of time into thinking more than a day or two ahead.

I have a wife and 2 daughters at home - TP is always in stock here. Always. It has to be. I lived through both Obama panics, Sandy Hook panic and every other run on firearms and ammo in between and learned to keep rounds and components on hand simply because I didn't want to be in any position where I didn't have enough ammo that i couldn't go shoot what I wanted when I wanted. Not a hard concept.

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cz308 said:

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schmellba99 said:

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cz308 said:

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I might have missed it somewhere, but why is everyone buying up all the guns and ammo right now? Closer to the election, sure, but why now?

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Have you been on a deserted island and have just now returned to civilization in the last 24 hours?

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Let me guess, you are hoarding TP too huh? I have more than enough firearms and ammo so panic buying makes no sense to me. People are just thinking oh crap the TP is gone so I better go buy ammo?

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I think all of this is more about:

"OH ****, THE JONES ARE BUYING xxxxx, I BETTER GO BUY xxxxx BECAUSE I LACK CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND NEED TO MAKE UP FOR IT AND FEEL BETTER.

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Well said!

What are you doing on Texags!

No, it's not a stupid statement. And this really isn't unprecedented. In fact, in the historical record of pandemics - this thing is 7th grade B team level.

Sure, we always close ALL schools and businesses for fun when it's flu season

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Sure, we always close ALL schools and businesses for fun when it's flu season

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The overreaction is more than normal, but the actual data shows this thing is towards the bottom in terms of actual lethality, etc.

sorry you don't like that, sorry that not having more than a few days of food, etc. is just not smart.

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NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PREPARE. YESTERDAY WAS.

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And a few weeks from now will be time to stock up again.

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"OH ****, THE JONES ARE BUYING xxxxx, I BETTER GO BUY xxxxx BECAUSE I LACK CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND NEED TO MAKE UP FOR IT AND FEEL BETTER.

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With a full pantry at home, a month's worth of TP, and a Zombie Apocalypse worth of ammo, it is still unnerving to walk into a store and see bare shelves.

Even the most logical of us have that primitive part of their brain that clicks into overdrive when we precieve ourselves or our family as under threat.

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Many people live in rural areas and small extremely safe communities. If I lived in houston I would have probably already had a firearm for home protection.

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My farm is a 15 minute drive from town. And the county deputies could be in my part of the county, or in the northern part, which would require an additional 10 mile detour to cross the canyon to get to me. I think I need a firearm for self protection more than someone in a big town where the cops could respond in a minute or two.

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Well I live in Brenham and three of my six closest neighbors are law enforcement

Never felt the need for a firearm before

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I live in an incredibly safe town. I sometimes feel a little silly arming myself. But I look at the world and arm myself, just like I carry homeowners insurance, have fire extinguishers in all my vehicles, and use PPE when dealing with farm chemicals.

But if Sutherland Springs or West Freeway Church of Christ haven't changed your mind, nothing I say will influence you.

I never called you names.

And I believe the first poster to call someone else stupid was the guy posting at 11:27am.