TACTICAL TUESDAY: Utility Firearms for Preppers

We are the Prepper Broadcasting Network. I wanted to talk a little bit, but now that the nation is in sort of a uproar over firearms, I wanted to talk to those of you out there who haven't built, haven't already invested in some kind of an arsenal. You know, sometimes Preppers come, or survivalists or whatever you call yourself, they come to this game, uh, With a collection of tools already, right? They went in a collection of skills. And guns. But there are a lot of people out there who fall in love with this thing because, you know, there are homesteading aspects and bushcrafting aspects and food storage aspects. And they don't do the firearms thing right off the bat. When I started prepping, I had a P95 Ruger 9mm gun. And that was for self-defense. And that was kind of my big deal. You know what I mean? It was, I need this weapon because I was living in a nightmare of a place. And I needed a gun to protect myself. So, it's got me thinking a lot about new preppers, right? New people in this world and in this game and kind of what they're thinking about, what they might need from a firearms perspective. And, you know, there are a bunch of things that you could go out and buy. There are a bunch of really cool AR-15s, carbines, pistol caliber carbines that you can go out and buy and spend a lot of money on. But there is a collection of utility firearms that I think a prepper should prioritize above all else. Really. This collection of utility firearms... Is sparse... It's only a few... Not real sexy stuff... But from my experience... Over the last ten years of... You know... Hunting, managing homesteads... Self-defense, self-reliance... Independence... This is what you actually need first... This is what you actually need... To have first... I'd say before you buy anything else, if you have no firearms whatsoever, before you buy anything else, you need a weapon that you can carry on your purse. Handgun. Concealed carry handgun. Unless you're in a place that people are already breaking into or you suspect that people will break into your house in the immediate future. If that's the case, then you can swap that out for a 12-gauge shotgun. But in most cases, if you're living in a relatively safe area, I think where you need to go first is a 9mm handgun. People argue about calibers and the. 45 is stronger and whatever. The 9mm is a highly accessible round that is everywhere. It is affordable. It's still easy to get. And to me, it just makes sense. This is a weapon that And I'll tell you what, right now, Palmetto State Armory is doing an incredible deal on their new... I forget what it is. It's called a Dragon something. I don't know. Palmetto State Armory. Go check it out. For $ 399, you get their new 9mm and like... I think it's like 14 magazines. Like 5... No, maybe it's 10 magazines. I think it's 5... 27 round and... 514 rounds. I don't know exactly the details. I saw it in an email the other day. Great deal. Great gun. And great price. But that's where I'd start. Up next would be a 12 gauge shotgun for, again, self-defense. Self-defense. If you know about self-defense, then you know that you're going to be close to someone if you pull a weapon to shoot them. You can't shoot people from across the street because they look scary. You know what I mean? So if you're worried about 9mm not being able to hit someone from a great distance in a self-defense situation, you're going to go to jail because you shouldn't be shooting people from a distance away, right? And I know, come SHTF, that might all change. I'm not talking SHTF. I'm talking investments that you should make in firearms today, all right? Particularly if you have none. Next up on the list, 12-gauge shotgun, right? 12-gauge shotgun is an incredible weapon. And it's highly affordable. The ammunition is relatively affordable. Easy to get your hands on. Will always be available to some degree, right? You'll always be able to find 12-gauge. Just, you know, everybody has some. And... It's an incredibly powerful gun. You know? It's an incredibly powerful gun. Great for home defense. Right? 12-gauge shotgun. You want to get into hunting, you can kill anything in the woods. 12-gauge shotgun. It'll handle anything. You know, it'll handle anything that comes through your front door, anything to walk past your blind close enough. So, to me, it's one of the most important weapons of Prepper Canoe. You know, because, and also, it's affordable. You can buy a 12-gauge shotgun for $ 250. You know what I mean? Probably find one for $ 200. Go to a gun show. Ooh, gun shows, can't go there. So, 9mm 12-gauge shotgun. And then, you know, this is a personal thing, so I always just leave it kind of open-ended. You should invest in a hunting rifle with a scope next. You should invest in a high caliber hunting rifle with a scope. The type of which will assure you that if a deer is hit with the round, it will die. You know what I mean? In almost every case. And I like the idea of owning a scoped rifle also. It gives you the ability to not just use the scope for hunting. You can learn how to zero the rifle and zero the scope. So it's just a skill that you want to have anyway, right? So if you have a scoped hunting rifle, then you have a reason to do that at least once a year. I like the idea of having a weapon with a really big caliber. I personally like the. 30- 06 round. That's my go-to for hunting. The. 308, obviously the most popular hunting round on the market today. And that would be pick number three for me, PBN family. Okay? So get a pistol on the hip, 9mm. If you live in a place where you can't have a pistol on the hip, just understand you're surrounded by people with guns. It's a given. My state won't let me carry a gun. Okay, well then you're surrounded by... people with guns and you know hopefully they don't want to do you any harm it's my recommendation that you leave and go to a place where they allow you to carry guns because I can't go into it I don't have enough time 12 gauge shotgun right powerhouse firearm easy to use great for hunting great for dealing with home invasion or anything crazy along those lines Great close quarters weapon. Hunting rifle. Scoped hunting rifle. High caliber weapon. Capable of long distance shots. Capable of killing a target, you know, from shock. And then if I had to go one more. See, I do all this before I bought any kind of pistol caliber carbine. Before I even thought about buying an AR-15 or an AK-47. Long before I ever thought about any of that. which sounds counterintuitive, but it's not if you are really living a lifestyle that requires weapons like these, right? If you're living a lifestyle that says, that gets you out in the woods to use a rifle, gets you out in the woods to use a shotgun, I know you can hunt with an AR-15, I know. But if you're living a lifestyle where these weapons become something that you use on a regular basis, then it's like, oh, yeah. I can put an AR-15 over my shoulder every day and, you know, I don't know, shoot it at my range or ruck with it or whatever. But the reality is, man, the utility firearms are the ones that you use more regularly. And if it all falls apart, you're going to use more regularly. You won't be in many gunfights with an AR-15. Think about that for a minute. You will not be in many gunfights with an AR-15. How do I know that? You don't know me, man. You don't know me. You're right, I don't know you. But I know the odds, right? I know that there's a great chance that you're not going to be in many gunfights for one of two reasons. Number one, the most likely, you'll get killed. Okay? Number two, you're going to be with a group that is... you know, well organized and well armed. So you're going to eliminate the problems pretty early on that are around you. And that's basically it. You know what I mean? It's those two scenarios. Number one, you're dead. Number two, you've eliminated a lot of the threats that were in and around your area. Maybe more will come along later, but that's kind of the deal. So That's my take on the AR-15. Eventually get there, sure, but make sure you have a shotgun so you can kill deer. Make sure you have a long-distance rifle, a rifle capable of a long-distance shot with a scope so you can learn how to use a weapon like that and you can have a caliber that's powerful for whatever, right? And make sure you have a weapon that you can carry every single day of your life so you don't become a victim in this nation that's going insane. If I had to recommend anything else, it would be a firearm for small game. A firearm for small game. Um... And the management of small predatory animals that might... You see, you gotta have chickens or goats or something along this line to understand the value of a weapon like this. But a. 22 rifle... Dave Jones uses a. 22 semi-automatic, I think. And, uh... Or even something like a powerful air pistol. You know what I mean? Like a pellet gun. These things give you the ability to hunt small game. They give you the ability to kill snakes, kill possums, raccoons, whatever it is that might be coming after your creatures in the dark of night. And there's tremendous utility in that. There's tremendous utility in that. In having that option. Because if you have chickens, if you have a chicken coop, you're probably going to run into snakes. You're probably going to run into possum. You're probably going to run into raccoons that are like, oh, I'd like some chicken breast tonight. That sounds like a great menu item. So before you consider, it's fun. I know it's fun to look at the short, you know, short barreled rifles, the AR pistols, the pistol caliber carbines. What else? What else do people like? You know what I mean? I get it. Don't get me wrong. All I'm saying is, we're in a weird time here. And as things get weirder, your resources are of high value. Your resources are of high value, man. Like, are you going to invest in food or an AR-15, right? And the great thing about the guns that I've talked about... Not only are they utility weapons, but if you're smart about buying them, you're smart about where you get them. Like I said, you can get a 9mm with more magazines than you'll ever use for $ 399 right now. You can get a shotgun for $ 250. If you wait until Black Friday, you can get a Savage... Brand name now, Savage... 30-06, 308, something along those lines, for $ 200, $ 300, you're at the price point of a decent AR-15. With that collection of firearms, you're at the price point of a decent to really nice, or a decent to nice, I don't know how different they are. How about a mid-range AR-15? You get it? $ 400, $ 650, we'll say $ 800, right? $ 800, $ 900 bucks. You can get a mid-range AR-15 for that, or you can get a 9mm pistol, a 12-gauge shotgun, a. 30- 06 or a. 308, and now you've got some utility. Throw in another $ 100, take it to $ 1, 000 for a good pellet gun. You've got four weapons that you're going to use around your property to procure food, to protect your family, to protect yourself. And you've spent about as much, like I said, as a halfway decent mid-range AR-15. Now, if you get all that knocked out of the way and you want to get an AR-15, be my guest. I don't, you know, it is what it is. I own them. I get it. I get the allure. I'd recommend you build one rather than buy a complete one because, you know, you learn a lot that way. But I'd say focus on the utility firearms first if you're new to guns or if you bought a gun and you're like, is this the right gun? And what other guns do I need? These are the guns you need. OK, so think it over. Time is precious. Money is precious. There's only so much of it. And, you know, you got to be smart with it. So that's my little breakdown on utility firearms for my daily audio cache today. I appreciate you, PBN family. Things are going crazy here at the network. And if you're new, you're in the right place. There's no doubt about it. And if you're not new, you're in the right place. But you already knew that. That's why you've been here. Thanks so much for everything, guys. All the support. It's really Really getting wild. Talk soon.