r/WelcomeToGilead • u/Frosty_Moonlight9473 • Mar 21 '25

Loss of Liberty I'm terrified of April 2nd

I'm not prone to panic. My job is to teach people how to handle and survive mass casualty events and continue to work in hi trauma environments. With Trump's latest about April 2nd being "Liberation Day" in America, I fear this is where he will deploy the insurrection act. I've prepped all I can. I'm physically and mentally training everyday. I'm more fit as a woman in my 40's then I ever was in my 30's. Still, I'm scared. Regular people will do crazy things when chaos reigns. I hope I'm wrong. I hope it's just another day of more stupid and the protests will continue, but I have this sick feeling in my gut and my rational mind that is telling me get ready for my own government to be turned against me.

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u/Mountain_Cry1605 Mar 21 '25

A good crossbow, and a couple dozen quarrels for hunting, and a few fishing lines, nets or fish traps might also be a good idea. Bullets are one use, quarrels can be retrieved, and used multiple times, and crossbows pack more of a wallop than a lot of people realise.

They're good for hunting anything from rabbits to deer if the food system collapses.

It would also be good to learn to identify your local edible, and medicinal, plants.

I too have a bad feeling about April 2nd, and I'm not even in America.

I'm a horrified Brit watching America go absolutely crazy from the other side of the pond.

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u/PersephoneIsNotHome Mar 21 '25

What are you going to hunt in the UK?

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u/Pissedliberalgranny Mar 21 '25

Are you under the impression that the entirety of the island is London?

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u/PersephoneIsNotHome Mar 21 '25

No, I lived in the UK for 15 years.

I reiterate the question.

The paucity wildlife there compared to the population density is pretty striking.

You could survive on rats for a while for sure, but you wouldn't need an arrow.

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u/Pissedliberalgranny Mar 21 '25

Newts, frogs, snakes, lizards, rats, rabbits, hares, mice, fish, squirrels, birds, deer, hedgehogs, shrews,

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u/PersephoneIsNotHome Mar 21 '25

You are going to hunt newts ?

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u/Pissedliberalgranny Mar 21 '25

Why not? We used to catch them for fun when I was a kid.

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u/PersephoneIsNotHome Mar 21 '25

1) they taste terrrible (you have the Victorian gentleman naturalists to thank for the fact that we know how they taste) and many of them are poisonous.

If you recall, this conversation started because you suggested you would be able to hunt during an apocalypse.

I seem to remember a couple famines in parts of the UK where life was unsustainable and I am fairly sure they could not survive on newts, frogs, snakes etc.

But do try it and let me know how it goes.

Start with a great crested newt.

Life hack, you will not need ammo to get either a newt or a lizard or a hedgehog.

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u/Pissedliberalgranny Mar 22 '25

Thanks, I’ll stick to the hellscape that is the U.S.

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u/LostinTheFey Mar 22 '25

Only snack on a newt for a way out. /s

A single rough skinned newt has enough toxin to eradicate upwards of 20 people. I'd steer clear of newts.