Reply #111: Much depends on where you live ...

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During hurricane Charlie I was at my daughter's house in South Florida as I had been notified to evacuate Tampa. She lived far out in the country and the nearest house was well over 1/4 mile away.

I didn't have any rifles at the time, but I had gathered up my handguns when I evacuated Tampa just to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands after the storm hit.

Hurricane Charlie decided to ignore all the predictions and turned toward Ft. Myers rather than traveling all the way to Tampa. We were approximately 60 miles from the center of this very powerful but fortunately very compact Category 4 hurricane.

We didn't anticipate being hit by the hurricane but we were well prepared to defend ourselves if it had proved necessary. My son in law had two rifles, a lever action 30-30 and a bolt action Mauser. In very rural areas, a longer range weapon might prove a good choice for self defense.

It's called being prepared. Fortunately we also had a generator which I had bought for my daughter the year before just in case she was hit by a hurricane. We also had water and food and a propane grill to use as a stove. The power was down for several days but my son in law had a motor home which had air conditioning. It came in very handy during the hot nights in South Florida as the generator could not run the home AC unit.

Thanks for your insult that people like me are a "drag on society." Feel free to project your fear of firearms and those who own them on me. I have a thick skin and to be honest I honestly fell sorry for you because it must be hell to have to live with such irrational paranoia and fear.