I do believe in being prepared, and this emergency has made me think deeply about what is involved. Boy's toys fun aside, what has most hit me is how the government just cracked down and rendered useless most of my prep to date. My long term shelter is two provinces away, can't get there, and in fact, local communities don't want people who have their country homes there where they may have been spending 30, 50 grand a year in taxes. Sorry you aren't from here. Which is true, but basically the country balkanized. You basically have to be living in place in your independent situation, wherever that is. And for most Canadians it is a big city. There are very few people who have independence in a big city. I hope people choose a route out of the current impasse, sooner rather than later. But it could go on a lot longer than anything you have in your rucksack will cover. The basic assumption that the moment a crisis hit there would be gun battles all over the place, and a 4K AR was you first tool, is not looking too realistic at the moment. The government is instead going to take advantage of the crisis to move against gun owners as they always do.
