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dissecting the vagaries of what gun best
                                                                                       suits which mission.
                                                                                       At the very least, you need a decent hand-
                                                                                       gun, three magazines and a couple of extra
                                                                                       boxes of zombie ammo. Cheap FMJ rounds
                                                                                       are for training and fun. High-end hollow
                                                                                       points fi ll your ready mags for counter-
                                                                                       zombie purposes. If your particular locale
                                                                                       won’t allow you to maintain a fi rearm for
                                                                                       personal defense, you should move.
                                                                                       Anything beyond that is situationally
                                                                                       dependent. If you are streaming inland
                                                                                       to avoid a hurricane, I’d pass on the
                                                                                       heavy-barreled sniper rifl e. However—and
                                                                                       particularly given the popularity of the
                                                                                       pistol-stabilizing brace—a compact
                                                                                       rifl e-caliber weapon no longer needs to
                                                                                       take up much space. (It would also be
                                                                                       mighty comforting if your vehicle ends up
                                                                                       surrounded by rioters.)
                                                                                       A reliable .22 rifl e will, indeed, fi ll the
                                                                                       cooking pot, but how many times will you
                                                                                       really be hunting for subsistence in a mod-
                                                                                       ern bug-out scenario? What is much more
                                                                                       likely is that you might be pushing through
                                                              ‹  You’ll need a decent handgun, three   unfamiliar areas, along with a lot of other
                                                           magazines and some ammo. If your locale   folks who are heading for safety. A .22 can
                                                            won’t allow you to maintain a firearm for
                                                                   protection, you should move.  be an e ective deterrent to ne’er-do-wells,
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