Time to start prepping

From the Washington Examiner:

Be prepared: Wall Street advisor recommends guns, ammo for protection in collapse
A top financial advisor, worried that Obamacare, the NSA spying scandal and spiraling national debt is increasing the chances for a fiscal and social disaster, is recommending that Americans prepare a �bug-out bag� that includes food, a gun and ammo to help them stay alive.

David John Marotta, a Wall Street expert and financial advisor and Forbes contributor, said in a note to investors, �Firearms are the last item on the list, but they are on the list. There are some terrible people in this world. And you are safer when your trusted neighbors have firearms.�

His memo is part of a series addressing the potential for a �financial apocalypse.� His view, however, is that the problems plaguing the country won't result in armageddon. �There is the possibility of a precipitous decline, although a long and drawn out malaise is much more likely,� said the Charlottesville, Va.-based president of Marotta Wealth Management.

You can get a simple shotgun for $300 and spend a couple weekend days at a gun range getting trained. A good investment...