I think it’s just natural.<br><br>I’ve always fully supported the “thrust” of this site for a several reasons. For one, it’s what Doug wants, and it’s his site. For another, it avoids certain controversies that often completely obscure the intended purpose of some other on-line discussions. Third, from a purely selfish viewpoint, the focus of this site and forum has kept them a source of valuable information that’s much more difficult to find elsewhere- whereas there are seemingly millions of sources of information about weapons and firearms. Many are contradictory, but does anyone really need one more? Those are the reasons that, even though I’m an endowment member of the NRA etc. etc., I was troubled by the apparent change of focus in the “urban survival” section when it appeared- and I still feel that the urban section should at least contain a lot more non-weapon information- but that’s another subject.<br><br>I also agree with Cyberraven’s point with respect to the mistake of focusing on food for short-term survival. Some might remember that I posted an opinion to that effect months ago that got a little more widely discussed than I would have anticipated.<br><br>However, as much as we might respect the focus of this forum, many of us do have interests that encompass scenarios outside of it’s main thrust (well, the Earth being flipped by a Planet X fly-by is not on my calendar for next year, but SOME other scenarios, anyway ;-) ) , and there’s bound to be some bleed-over. Firearms may not be worth carrying for food procurement in short-term, localized survival situations in what’s left of the wilderness in most of North America, but that may not be the exact scenario most in the minds of those interested in the subject.<br><br>After all, discussions of the storage life of canned foods and MREs, or battery-recharging shoes are not much aligned with the focus, either, but somehow nobody gets much concerned. Within some limits, I think you have to just let people discuss what they’re interested in discussing… or they won’t be interested.<br>