>>2466353this guy gets it.
If you live in high population states, food is probably #1 with guns #2 . any emergency - and desperate people will be looking for easy pickings, and you should have 6months of food ready, and basic firearms to protect it. Raw calories like rice and beans and you can supplement that with a garden / canned food.
Think of goods that will go first with panic buyers - like in the pandemic where bottled water, toilet paper, ammo, pistols and shotguns, and cleaning supplies were totally gone but there was still plenty of food, camping gear, and other home necessities.
I could go on and on but there are tons of prepping I would do before plate carriers and expensive firearms - not that I don't want those things to larp ha. Then again I live in a 90%+ white town of 4000 with cornfields all over the place