Okay, I've reworked the way this section works. As you can see, the format is different. I'm going to try to be a little more consistent in my little rants here, and I'll try to focus on more realms of interest besides guns! Not that I think anyone reads these things, but what the hell... everyone else on the net is publishing their own worthless opinions. What's one more?

I spent the better part of the day reading Year 2000 doomsday predictions and how people are preparing for the chaos that will supposedly ensue. I can tell you surely, from my rather minor research into the topic, that absolutely no one really has any idea how bad the situation will be when the calendar flips to the year 2000. Most people agree that there will be problems, though there are those (a minority) that believe no effects will be felt. It seems that a lot of folks expect noticeable problems; there are those who think there will be power outages and economic crises for a period between a week and a couple months; then there are those who predict the breakdown of all social order and the end of American civilization as we know it.

Put me somewhere between second and third category. I hope to be prepared to survive for some two to three months on food and water stores. As you might have guessed, I have my own store of firearms, know how to use them, and plan to have quite a bit of ammunition stored up. One of my personal mottos I borrowed from the Boy Scouts: "Be prepared". Even better, "Hope for the best; prepare for the worst." My advice is this: do what you need to make through two or three months of uncertainty, but don't make any permanent changes that will leave you high and dry if nothing happens. You'll look pretty silly in your camouflaged Montana underground bunker if all that happens is a few banks fail. If worse comes to worse, we can all pack up everything that fits in our cars and caravan down to my friend's relative's house in the deep woods of North Carolina. But I don't think that will be necessary.

On the other hand, if you live in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, or any other large, extremely urban locale... ignore what I said. Get out of there; at least to the outskirts of the suburbs. The social order is so tenuous in these places as it is. The slightest nudge will push them over the edge. You just wait and see.