Neanderpundit

Tam is talking about bugging out, partly in response to this most excellent Frank James piece about mag bags and being an ‘Armed refugee”

First: I don’t have an AR type rifle- yet. I will someday but it’s not in the cards at present. I DO have an M1 carbine, and I have it because
a: It is fun to shoot.
b: I saw, and love, the Jimmy Stewart movie ‘Carbine Williams”.
c: The M1 carbine is, imho, the most lovely implement of war ever devised. it is light, pretty, balanced, and did I mention it is fun to shoot?

I would not be afraid to carry this rifle around for a lot of reasons; it’s small, it’s light, it has a decent range and decent power, and with hollowpoints would be good on deer or, really, most north American game. I wouldn’t want to go up against a bear thus armed.

So yeah, f I had to leave the house in a hurry, I might well take the Carbine, but not out of any mall-ninja motivations, it’s a practical rifle. If I had an M4gery I would probably feel the same about it, though I would most likely be less inclined to worry about nicking up the finish on an M4.

I have given a lot of thought to “bugging out“, and, at least where I live, I doubt it will be because I have to get clear of rioters or whatever. The predominant reasons I might have to bug out are:

Fire
Severe storms (severe enough to damage my home so I can no longer live there)
Snow or extreme cold combined with lack of a method to heat the house

These reasons will not require that I leave the house armed. I will anyway, just because, but it will not be because I feel I need to

In other circumstances, LIKE the zombieapocalypse, I would much rather stay at home. THAT will be safer ANYWAY. And that’s where my firearms and ammo and long term supplies are.

Might be because if she did, her brotherinlaw or whoever wouldn’t see his ghost payroll job anymore.