Ammo, ammo, and more ammo. With it you can obtain most anything and with it you can protect anything you already have. As for a hedge, folks that bought ammo 20 years ago, 15, 10, 5 have seen gains of 50-100% in value/price of these assets outpacing even inflation. In a crisis situation everything devolves into the animal kingdom and survival of the fittest/strongest - in this case the best armed. Gold and silver will only get you robbed and killed by individuals who are disillusioned by past conventional wisdom that says these minerals still have some value in this new reality…..they won’t. Food, water, safe shelter, and means of protection will be the only things that matter under the circumstances you are preparing for. Lead and brass will be your most precious metals.
This. Plus the white hats would not allow everyone to go 100% broke who didn't have gold/silver. There would be massive riots and chaos.
Think about it, if gold and silver were the only thing people could use to purchase/barter.... in a scenario where everyone is panicking and have nothing to purchase food.... while only a few people who have silver/gold are purchasing food, those people would be a prime target. Anyone able to buy things would be in extreme danger in this scenario.
Also in this scenario, who the hell would want gold/silver in exchange for food? Food will be the most important commodity, then ammo.
Ammo, ammo, and more ammo. With it you can obtain most anything and with it you can protect anything you already have. As for a hedge, folks that bought ammo 20 years ago, 15, 10, 5 have seen gains of 50-100% in value/price of these assets outpacing even inflation. In a crisis situation everything devolves into the animal kingdom and survival of the fittest/strongest - in this case the best armed. Gold and silver will only get you robbed and killed by individuals who are disillusioned by past conventional wisdom that says these minerals still have some value in this new reality…..they won’t. Food, water, safe shelter, and means of protection will be the only things that matter under the circumstances you are preparing for. Lead and brass will be your most precious metals.
Is this why [[they]] are conspiring with the credit card companies to create a new code for the purchase of guns and ammo?
This. Plus the white hats would not allow everyone to go 100% broke who didn't have gold/silver. There would be massive riots and chaos.
Think about it, if gold and silver were the only thing people could use to purchase/barter.... in a scenario where everyone is panicking and have nothing to purchase food.... while only a few people who have silver/gold are purchasing food, those people would be a prime target. Anyone able to buy things would be in extreme danger in this scenario.
Also in this scenario, who the hell would want gold/silver in exchange for food? Food will be the most important commodity, then ammo.