Ask HN: Most important stuff to buy for survivalists?

Please read these:

http://www.metafilter.com/78669/What-if-things-just-keep-get...

http://ask.metafilter.com/76997/Where-to-buy-emergency-kit-i...

Don't buy guns. Get first aid lessons.

A former co-worker of mine who was a survivalist used to say "The only thing that matters is how many guns you have. If you have guns, you can get everything else."

This is incredibly stupid. More than half of the US owns firearms, fire fights are a stupid and dangerous way to procure resources.

Water, water filtration, stove, propane, solar charger, battery bank, and cash.

Don't buy firearms unless you are committed to learning how to use them.

I'm starting to get the impression this outbreak of prepping threads has something to do with America and not New Zealand.

That said I'm all in favour of it. Cheapest form of health insurance you could buy really, next to a gym membership. I have some comments on MREs in the other threads.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12946111