The four F's: Food, Firearms, Faith and Friends

Among survivalist there are two primary variations on basics
The four B's or The four G's.

Beans, Bullets, Bullion and Bible.

Or

Grub, Guns, Gold and God.

Either way it is pretty much the same basic idea in being prepared.

Beans/Grub: Food by any other name.

Bullets/Guns: A means of self defense and a way to hunt.

Bullion/Gold: One of humankind's oldest forms of money.

Bible/God: Faith that things will return some semblance of normalcy.

Well I have been thinking about that idea for quite a long
time now. The more I think about it the more I realize that
Gold in any form probably isn't the ideal thing to have around.
It is expensive to acquire even in the best of times and it's value
isn't set in stone except when everyone agrees on it having a set
"value". Other than that all it does is takes up space that could
be used for extra food or ammunition for a firearm. There will
always be someone that wants it but given the choice, I'd prefer
something a bit more valuable.

So I came up with my own version; The four F's.

The four F's: Food, Firearms, Faith and Friends

Food: One of the most basic of human needs. Preferably
non-perishable foods that can be stored for an indefinite time.
Dried beans, peas, whole grains that can be ground for flour or
meal. There are lots of foods like this you can squirrel away for
long term storage.

Firearms: I won't make a list of firearms as everyone has
their own preferences in weapons but I will suggest this, at
least one handgun, rifle, and shotgun for every member of
your family that is capable of safely handling them. I would
also recommend some non-firearm weapons that are relatively
easy to use and require no special or hard to find ammunitions.
Such as bows and arrow, hunting spears, and other "primitive"
weapons.

Faith: Always have faith in yourself and what you know.
Also have faith that whatever the current circumstances are
things will get better. I won't go into particulars because
everyone has their own idea of who or what God is.

Friends: Friends are the one thing that are more valuable
than any precious metal humans have ever dug out of the
ground and will be with you a lot longer. A few good friends
will be able to help you when everything has pretty much
gone to Hell.

~Fin~