Survivalist- EWWWWyyy icky

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"survivalist" the naughty word


How many times have you heard this or very similar said about anyone who prepares, or owns weapons. Think, hard. The news for one, anything more than 50 rnds of 22lr is considered an Arsenal these days. Have you ever thought why? Since the early 90's there's been a big crunch on the "survivalist" movement. It is no wonder we are at times considered " outcast" on the fringe of society, or as that paranoid guy outside town. Our lifestyle is not accepted like it once was, IF it ever was. Then the 90's rolled around.........

The wall fell, and with it millions of dreams of standing on a burning BMP waving a rifle screaming wolverines!!!! This is also the time when our society went into crack down mode. BAN it all , its for the children was the rally cry. Anything that was not rounded at the edges and soft got banned or restricted. Along with that the media and .Gov went on a witch hunt. We have all heard the names of the places they killed and torched, and i wont go into all that. But look what it did to the word,lifestyle and people who are,were called "survivalist".

In a nut shell they all got crammed in with the naughty word of the year "militia". If you were a white American, had camo clothing and a rifle that shot more than one round. You were looked at as some "freak" militia skin head nazi of sorts. I remember days that if i wore camo on the streets or black boots that's what you got labeled. Even if you had a Pearl Jam shirt and flannel on at the same time ! That dark cloud has hung over "survivalist" for the last 10+ years.

Till now...

After 9/11 Americans went on the more friendly approach to being a survivalist. They were " prepared" with preparedness plans, kits and bags. Items and views we as "survivalist" already knew about and owned. They never did news articles and daily write ups in papers on HOW to become prepared back in 1991, did they? Oh but wait. Now we have hurricanes, tidal waves, fires. FEMA and Homeland sec. are household names. EOC, almost everyone in Fla knows that one!

Now we have kits on sale at home depot,wal mart .On line course's, Committees at businesses, support groups, course's on how to be prepared, pamphlets handed out by local the and state governments.It's funny if you really look at it all. It's hip to be prepared now days isn't it! Your not a freak any more. your just prepared for that hurricane, that's not a BOB it's our hurricane box. That 357 that's for "protection" look at "NOLA" you'll hear. While i really like how we as a country are opening our eyes and wanting, or at least trying to be prepared. We are preparing for things we can not change or have any control over.
What i want to see if for us as Americans is to prepare for what we can change or at least prepare to go through what we have FAILED to change in our governments and society.
While "survivalist" may still be a taboo word, at least now we can hide under the "prepared" slogan everyone else is these days when we emerge from our bunkers wearing our camo !

Wes H.