Mother of Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza 'was a gun obsessive living in fear of society's collapse'

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13. I am not so sure how much of that is true

The gun collection is not that of a serious prepper. Not even close. Not clear what other things she was or was not doing. That she was a sport shooter appears to be true, but we do not even know what kind of shooting she did.

The European media has picked up on this but the US media is not pushing it nearly as hard. There are regional aspects to salaciousness it would appear.

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As for prepping...I will freely admit to being a little tiny one.

Like others here on DU, some even on this thread (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021996670)have owned up to it. Its nothing to be ashamed of.

I live in the middle of raw desert in SoCal. Since the earthquake is coming, I have a reasonable amount of water and food stored. I also have a means to convert my solar panels from grid tie to local usage. I have a comm plan to contact my family (I live alone). So yes I have made some plans. All of this is recommended by FEMA and the state disaster people. I know my neighbors (though they are not physically close) and there would be cooperation. Guess I won't be on NatGeo at this rate.

Prepper is a huge continuum. Some are hardcore TEOTAWAKI idiots that scare the hell out of me. Most are like Mormons doing the 1 year supply of food/provident living thing and are fairly innocuous. Some are like me, Nadin, and others DUers who look at week to a month. The differences are dramatic in cost and attitude.

I recent saw for the first time the NatGeo TV shows about Preppers. I hope most of it is faked like many reality TV shows. Some real freaks there.

Everyone knows some preppers along that sliding scale. Many do not talk about it. If they are minor ones, like me, you assume everyone has that level of stuff done. If they are some of the freaks they don't talk about in case the zombies hear about it