Mr. Rawles,
Three thoughts on this topic:
1. If you are relying on defending your home without outside help then the battle is already lost. It is too easy to burn down your average residence. Defense should be a community endeavor with “depth” provided by multiple engagements from multiple locations.
2. I believe that your average, semi-motivated troublemakers in a TEOTWAWKI will lack training and will become victims of “target fixation”. In other words, they will be motivated to roam around and loot but will not have a modicum of good tactical skills. They will fixate on their target and will be easily ventilated from a shooter outside of the home. After the gun battle begins, they will be focused on the house or other structure and a trained shooter can take them under fire from the flank or rear. This shooter must wait until the mob begins attacking the home/structure. The crowd will think any casualties they take are coming from the target. Keep the battlefield a 360 degree challenge.
3. If your city/town/community has collapsed to the point that mobs are roaming with impunity then sitting around and waiting to be the next target is a loser’s game. Take the fight to the enemy. Always choose the time, place and conditions of a fight.
– Mark S., PCSed to Germany
Letter Re: Defending Static Positions in a Survival Setting
