I'm trying to refrain from crossing the line from survival to survivalist. It isn't easy to limit the conversation to bics or matches and an altoids tin or a plastic soap container when there are so many direct threats around you. Is body armor part of my EDC? You betcha!!!! Every time I am transiting outdoors now I am constantly thinking of the nearest place to hide under that will protect me from flying shrapnel. My security blanket is 12 foot high concrete T-Wall draped with razor wire. It is extreme.

But that is what I have chosen. I have learned to deal with it. What I said earlier is reality. It has been for our country since it began, really. We have just enjoyed a prolonged period of tranquility. I think it will be over soon.