My brother is starting to worry me | Emergency Preparedness | Forums

My brother and I are very similar in a lot of ways, but worlds apart on other ideologies. He leans more liberal, while I am more conservative. He never even owned a gun till several years ago when he started hunting, he started with a bow, moved to black powder, then I gave him the first marlin .30-30 I ever bought.

He came up and visited about 4 or 5 years ago. I was sitting at my computer working on some e-mails when he came in my bedroom and was sitting on my bed talking to me, when he looked over at my closet.

What's that he asked, my gun safe I said. I showed him some things I had.

He looked at the floor, what's those he asked. Some ammo cans, I had bought some ammo the day before and hadn't put it away yet. So he started poking around and I showed him some gear I had. We ended up talking till late in the night, the next morning they loaded up the car and headed home, before he left, he gave me a hug and a kiss, told me he loved me and said he's a little concerned about me! I replied there's no reason to be, I am concerned for the future and the impact that it will have on my loved ones, including you and your family. I am just trying to live a simple life and insulate my family from any hardships that may or may not happen. But one thing for sure is we are all getting older, and in my mind this will help us navigate just the normal pitfalls that happen in life.

He gave me another hug, and said if anything does happen, I'll be up. I laughed and said no you won't, not unless you bring some supplies and don't come empty handed.

He laughed got in his car and headed home

So I was on facebook last night and I saw these two things on his timeline

With the downfall of a civilization has gold ever become the standard currency?

BE PREPARED! DO YOUR BEST!

I asked him if he had been drinking

he responded nope!

it's true, I think the man has probably drank less than a six pack his whole life

so I guess the reason for this rambling post is have you guys had any friends or family who have done a complete 180 from their thoughts on emergency preparedness?

I had a friend call me the other night who has never had anything to do with guns and has always shook his head at me about gardening and stuff and was asking me about ar-15's and seeds, weird