Do you know of any preppers who buy guns and rations but don't have a plan for water?
replyOK steelmanning you, certainly a lot of them are way more interested in gun collecting and making beef jerky than other aspects.
I don’t think we have a term for people who quietly keep a well stocked pantry, have a water setup, garden, have hobbies like canning, etc. That’s just being a bit rustic/prudent I guess. So then, the “prepper” derogatory label is only applied to the people who do it in the action movie/silly way. But, the question of how prevalent they are is a good one…
replythe specific type of person that is buying hundreds of guns, tons of dehydrated meals
replyBoth of which are available at Wal-Mart.
I always knew about the guns, but only recently discovered that Wal-Mart stores (at least in Louisiana) carry huge buckets with weeks worth of dehydrated survival food.
I'm sure it's for hurricanes. Yeah, that's it.