You will increasingly be interacting with theocratic Muslim communities in the future, especially if there is a collapse of some kind. In the cities most people already know this.
Because you will need to be able to both recognize danger from those communities and at times work with them it is important that you have a clear understanding of Muslim behavior that is not colored by liberal sentimentality. Bill Warner, author of The Political Traditions of Islam and The Simple Koran put together this brief overview of Sharia law and how it is practiced by Muslims. Read it and use it as a reference for your interactions with Muslims.
One caveat I will put forward is that more than understanding or tolerance Islam respects strength so even f you can accommodate Sharia avoid making concessions where possible to show that you are not weak:
I’ve been taking time off for a few days as I do every 9/11. Here’s a bunch of links that I think are useful but never got around to writing full posts about:
Gabe Suarez writes about the utility of pistol caliber carbines as opposed to rifles and pistol which is well worth a read if you are thinking of a gun purchase.
Viking Preparedness has an article called Hunker Down which supports my view that bugging in is the only way to really survive an emergency. I don’t agree with his pessimism, but I do take issue with the optimism of the people who think they will pack a bag, run off somewhere and survive in a alien environment.
Rasch Outdoor Chronicles has a two part post on hog hunting guns. With the explosion of feral hogs in this country the ability to put down one of these creatures should factor into your gun and ammunition purchases. This feral hog drift map shows where they are concentrated, but you’ll notice that hogs have been spotted in NJ and New Hampshire and many sightings in Michigan. Part I. Part II.
Outdoor Life has a online piece called The Predator Boom which gives you information on which predator populations have grown to sizes big enough to begin to threaten wild game populations, and you.
Via Modern Stronghold there’s a article in the Marine Corps University Journal on Feral Cities (starts on pg 50) that talks about how cities go feral. New Orleans after Katrina is included in the list of feral cities. Well worth a read to see what planners expect from our large cities in the event of a collapse and to give you an idea of how to prepare for living near one. Frankly Chicago is quickly becoming a feral city.
Here’s a video I found on what a raccoon snare should look like. Raccoons are a pest that you’ll need to deal with, can be eaten (but are disgusting) but more importantly the skin can be sold or traded. The prices on the fur market are pretty depressed and I believe will remain so for some time but you can still get $5-25 dollars per skin depending on quality. Get a book or DVD on fur handling and a good skinning knife. If society devolves as some suspect furs will be a valuable commodity and raccoons will be a dangerous nuisance that gardeners, pet and livestock owners and people with children cannot afford to keep around.:
This clip is from a show called Shooting Gallery that runs on The Outdoor Channel which my lousy cable company doesn’t carry. However there are clips of the shows floating online which are chock full of good advice. This is a quick clip (a little over 7 minutes)that talks about civilian techniques of surviving a home invasion. Watch it a couple of times because there’s a lot here, including gun placement, when you should clear a room and why in most cases not stay put in a fortified position is a bad idea:
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican police carried out the controlled detonation of a car bomb Saturday in the troubled border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from Texas.
A phone tip around midnight led authorities to a dead body in a car in a shopping center parking lot, the federal Public Safety Department said in a statement. In a second car, police found the bomb.
Agents deactivated the device and removed most of the explosive material to analyze it before safely detonating the vehicle, the department said. There were no injuries.
Juarez is the same city where drug traffickers staged the first successful car bombing in Mexico, killing three people in July.
