No worries <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I was agreeing with you fully, I didn't take it as any criticism. Actually, I think you could combine the small paramilitary idea with the bug out to the hills deal and really have a much better chance of success. That's why I would head for the cabin where I can hang for an extended period and have a fortified position to defend from. There shouldn't be that many marauding gangs out in the middle of nowhere, and if there happen to be some, well, I will have the element of both surprise and preparation.

If I couldn't get to the cabin or my plan b, well, I am still suitably armed to acquire more stuff to support my cause. That doesn't sound very humanitarian, but you do what you gotta I reckon.