have a multi-level food storage plan:

Level 1 - Short term: Grocery store canned and dry goods.
Level 2 - Short term turns into mid term: MREs.
Level 3 - Mid term turns into long term: Commercial freeze dried & dehydrated food + home dehydrated food.
Level 4 - Permanent TEOTWAKI: Beef jerky, garden seeds, the fish pond 1/4 mile from my house in the neighborhood and the local deer, rabbits, possums, squirrels & raccoons I’ve been feeding in my backyard for the last 20 years.

As for water: There is a creek that runs through the woods behind my house as well as aforementioned fish pond, buckets for rain and multiple water filters.

Terry

[FPC News] FPC Moves to Strike Down Massachusetts Gun Ban

<p><strong>BOSTON</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (November 20, 2025) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced that it has <a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/10208/attachments/original/1763672822/2025.11.20_044_P's_Memo_ISO_MSJ.pdf?1763672822">filed</a> a motion for summary judgment in </span><strong><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/escher"><em>Escher v. Noble</em></a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, its federal constitutional challenge to Massachusetts’ sweeping ban on the possession and carry of semiautomatic firearms and handguns by law-abiding adults under 21. The motion urges the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to strike down the Commonwealth’s age-based prohibitions, arguing that the Second Amendment protects these adults and that the state cannot point to any historical tradition supporting its categorical disarmament scheme.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-moves-...ts-gun-ban

[GOA News] NOW is the moment for reciprocity

Crossing a State Line Shouldn’t Make You a Felon Right now, your Second Amendment rights are under siege in anti-gun states across America. But you have a powerful opportunity to fight back by supporting H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. H.R. 38 would finally ensure that your concealed carry permit is honored in every state across the country, …<br/> <a class="postReadMore" href="https://www.gunowners.org/na111925/">Read more<i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a>


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I'm not opposed to folks getting wealthy, I'm a capitalist at heart. That out of the way, the story of the rookie football player getting burgled blew me away. Thieves made off with $200,000 worth of stuff from Sheduer Sander's home. 200k in belongings and he's a rookie? 
So, I had to look him up. Being the son of another pro football player, I guess he had some money before being drafted but still, 200k in things that could be carried away?  That's more than my net worth!  I don't have a problem with sports stars making lots of money, they work hard to hone skills I don't have.
When I was younger I fantasized about winning the lottery and all the things I would buy but now I'm getting a little too old to take care of a ranch. At this point I'm content with what I have and can't imagine living in a mansion or things like that. It would be nice to win a lottery, mostly to have the means to help friends out. A big shop and a 600 yd range would be nice too but other than that what in the heck would I want?

[FPC News] FPC Blasts DOJ Motion to Gut Second Amendment Victory, Fires Back in New

<p><strong>FORT WORTH, TX </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">(November 18, 2025) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/7502/attachments/original/1763501985/Doc._40_Opp'n_to_Mot._to_Clarify_or_Modify.pdf?1763501985"><span style="font-weight: 400;">filed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a scathing brief responding to a recent Department of Justice </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/7502/attachments/original/1761693865/2025.10.28_039_Motion_to_Clarify.pdf?1761693865"><span style="font-weight: 400;">motion</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to gut a major Second Amendment victory in </span><strong><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpcgarland"><em>Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc., et al. v. Bondi</em></a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a case where the court previously </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-win-federal-judge-strikes-down-post-office-gun-ban"><span style="font-weight: 400;">held</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that peaceable Americans must be allowed to carry firearms in Post Offices.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-blasts...ourt-brief

[GOA News] GOA vs. the NFA: The Lawsuit That Could Change Everything

Congress Dropped the Tax. GOA Is Dropping the Hammer. GOA filed the One, Big, Beautiful Lawsuit to tear down the unconstitutional NFA registration regime. The Department of Justice is being forced to defend this law in court, and they must respond to us by November 20th. This is history in the making. Now that Congress eliminated the NFA’s $200 tax, …<br/> <a class="postReadMore" href="https://www.gunowners.org/na111725/">Read more<i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a>


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[GOA News] He Defeated the NFA Tax — Now RINOs Want Him Gone

Thanks to the tireless leadership of Congressman Andrew Clyde, the NFA tax on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and other NFA items will drop to $0 next year. In the NFA’s 91-year history, no one else has taken this big of a step to repeal the tax. Clyde was the driving force behind this, one of the greatest Second Amendment …<br/> <a class="postReadMore" href="https://www.gunowners.org/na111225/">Read more<i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a>


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When I replaced my Teflon egg pan I bought one of those ceramic pans from Walmart, blue diamond brand. If one believes the tv ads ceramic is miraculous. Mine sucks, butter or oil is mandatory and I still get spots where the eggs stick a little. Did I just get the wrong one?