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Firearms are tricky. If you don't know how to use them, you are probably better off without them. Never show a firearm you don't intend to fire. It could get you killed. Never aim unless you are prepared to pull the trigger. If a warning shot doesn't spur the intruder to flight, you have no choice but shoot to kill, if your life or the life of your family is threatened.

Don't monkey with firearms unless you are completely familiar with the piece you are using. You might, in the excitement, forget to release the safety catch and end up shot.

You should have your door equipped with a peephole, your windows fully blinded. Allow no entry unless it's someone you know. And don't buy the firearms and forget to lay in the ammunition. You don't need a lot.

SHELTER

Some will be able to have a retreat and some won't. If you do have a retreat, don't take your safety any more for granted than you would at home. Hoodlums will spread far and wide from the big cities, and these will be the most dangerous. In an isolated retreat you should take every precaution outlined above, and you certainly should have firearms. You should have only one main entrance, and you should be equipped to floodlight it.

In making the shelter (home) secure, each person must use his own common sense according to his circumstances. In certain cases neighbors can team up for security. In other cases you have to go it alone. In the shelter you should have candles, kerosene lamps, or Coleman propane lamps. There are bound to be power failures. You should have propane or hightest Coleman stoves. Propane is probably better because you can easily store half a dozen cylinders.

You should have lots of warm clothing and blankets in case of heat failure which is very likely to happen occasionally. You should have a fan for summer.

You should have books and games on hand and devices for the amusement of small children, such as coloring books etc. By all means you must have one or two battery radios and some spare batteries.

All of these things, so plentiful now, could become scarce in a matter of a few days. Why should you be part of an anxious lineup, and probably near the end of it?

Don't be caught without proper shoes and winter clothing. Even if you have only a modest amount of money in the bank, it will be worth more to you in the form of these essentials . . . which you can always use even if there isn't the crisis we anticipate. You should be prepared to stay in your shelter-tenement or castle-for at least a week, hoping of course that it won't be necessary.

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