Woulda Shoulda Coulda

The man wished he had bought that Interceptor body armor he had seen at the swap meet last year. It was used and from the Iraq war but it was better than nothing. That and a standard IIIA vest would have been great. But it was $300.00 then and there was no money to spend at the time for something like that. The couple had made it to his fathers home and were glad to be off the road. Things were relatively peaceful except now there were some looters who were taking advantage of the local Amish population. Being pacifists they were an easy target for such scum. The Amish contrary to popular belief did own firearms, mostly shotguns, for hunting. They would not kill a human being though. The Amish would be good trading partners. They were already liveing in the 19th century when the collapse hit. He could only find 3 other men to help defend the Amish. There were about 20-25 looters roaming the tri-state area. They were mostly on horseback, stolen from the Amish. An ambush was the most likely strategy. They seemed to be armed with an assortment of shotguns and rifles with a couple of AR-15's and the odd SKS. It would be dangerous. So far the looters had not killed any Amish but it was sure that they were not above killing. They had to have done so to have survived on the road for so long. An ambush site away from the victims of their looting was best as to avoid reprisals.