I have a large store of food (Wheat, canned meat/veggies/fruit....)
I plant a garden
I can food
I am by military training a Medic and a Police Officer
I have weapons & Ammo
I grew up in Maine and my grandfather (A guide) taught me hunting, trapping, shelter building, tracking
Am I -
a prepper
a survivalist
a survivalist that preps
a prepper with survivalist skills
And most likely labeled a potential terrorist. LOL
There is no difference, your both. I have yet to find a definition of a prepper in any dictionary. Microsoft word doesn't even recognize it. So the only conclusion is its a made up word for those of us that don't want to be paired up with the crazy gunmen the media label as survivalist. It's like calling a black man an African American. Doesn't change the fact that he is black, but makes everyone feel better about labeling him by his race. Same with this. Oh and if this is a survivalist site then all the preppers should get out and leave it to us survivalists.
Where are you preps stored? In the pantry of your house, or in a hidden bunker in the woods.
Do you have more ammo for your MBR or for your main hunting rifle.
Is your main battle rifle an assault rifle or a hunting rifle.
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In my mind a survivalist has a military mindset. He is ready to fight a guerrilla war against an invading army or possibly against his own government if it becomes a tyranny.
But maybe that is because my first taste of whatever this is was in the 70s, when we were preparing for Red Dawn.
A prepper in my mind is someone who stores some food and other things, and learns the things he may need to know to live through and after some major upheaval.
He probably plans to protect what is his, but mostly plans to keep his head down.
You will probably have to answer this yourself. Looking at the evidence you probably lean more on the Survivalist side. At least I got some of you thinking about this. We can leave it to someone who is not one of us to do the defining, or we can do it ourselves. I would rather we do it, wouldn't you?
After watching that prepper show, most of those people are nothing more than potental shopping trips for skilled groups of people that want their stuff. The fat Ham radio operator comes to mind. To the uneducated eye he would be considered a survivalist. But how long do you think he could survive and hold off a 4 man team trained in tacts, cover concealment and offensive battle formations. Minutes maybe.
So what definition of survivalist states that their political views involve overthrowing the government?
If that was the case then I would neither be labelled a survivalist or prepper. I guess I would just be considered a "paranoid American". I am most definitely not an extremest or terrorist.
Well I'm a survivalist have been since 80's I hunt,fish trap,grow garden,have different cal.guns for what I'm after or after me.I have some ammo to.But I have no idea of overthrowing the government either It would be a nightmare trying to detain that many prisoners......
terms have different meanings to different people; I consider my self a minimal survivalist.. I like to push my self to the edge with the least amount of preparation as a test of my abilities; surviving with whatever I have and making do which what I can find. I dont intend on giving my life for my preps; I'll run and survive without them.. no intentions on entering combat unless I have absolutely no choice.
yes I prepare, merely for insurance; but no I dont need my preps to survive so anyone with a bigger gun who wants them can have em as long as I live another day.. Putting your self in danger is not a wise thing to do if trying to survive.. Given the choice of dying today or starving for the next month I choose starving; there's a chance I'll find more food/water and the better my skills the better the chances.
All the preps I need to survive I keep in my head; cant take that from me.
Well you are not practicing good security if you need to label yourself assuming the label is to describe yourself best for others to understand. At the end of the day you know what your diverse Modus Operandi consists of, so as another pointed out labels are for packages.
You're somebody who's been at this too long to care about goofy media-inspired labels.
Did I guess right?
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