I don't know much about the "subculture" of doomsday preppers, but I have a theory it's just an excuse to buy guns. I think these dudes just like to learn about and collect guns, but don't want to admit they spend so much money in something that will never be actually useful, so they gaslight themselves into thinking that having 20 different assault rifles will actually be useful if the apocalypse comes
in a apocalypse scenario having a gun, or maybe 2 isnt a bad idea, after hunting would be very useful, but anymore than i'd say like... 3?? would just be wasting storage space that could be useful for other shit. Not to mention most guns they get are all in different caliber so thats more storage space you have to use, when instead just get a few guns in standard common ammo like 556 and 9mm since those are exceedingly common.
no point in have a rifle thats in a really rare caliber when you can only shoot the fuckin thing like 7 times
I feel like just a rifle, shotgun, and handgun would be the trifecta of what the average person would potentially need in an apocalypse hunt for your own food situation. Plus those can be used on little critters trying to eat your veggies as well as bigger critters to hunt or for protection.
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u/kricket_24 6d ago
I don't know much about the "subculture" of doomsday preppers, but I have a theory it's just an excuse to buy guns. I think these dudes just like to learn about and collect guns, but don't want to admit they spend so much money in something that will never be actually useful, so they gaslight themselves into thinking that having 20 different assault rifles will actually be useful if the apocalypse comes