So here are the six laws you absolutely must know if you want to survive even the most dire of SHTF situations. Some of these may sound a bit harsh, but trust us when we say it's better to be prepared for all possibilities!

Law 1: Wherever that crowd is running, do not join them.

This is not to say that they aren’t (initially) running in the right direction. But what of it? They are bound to be either captured en masse or worse (bombed, strafed, or shot). For the horror of the IHM (the Incredible Human Mob), look no further than “War of the Worlds” with Tom Cruise where he and his family are driving the passenger van…right up and into the mob. Look what happened there. You can’t defeat their numbers, and you will be captive to them…another steer in the herd.

Strike out on your own, you and your family, avoiding the main thoroughfares at all cost, and avoiding the IHM.

Law 2: You have to have a place (and places) to go.

We’re going to instruct by running through a checklist…. this will be a “handy-dandy” checklist that you can print out or run over in your mind to be able to follow rule #2.

Did you preposition assets (food, weapons, money, etc.) at an initial safe location?
Is that location within walking distance for you and your family?
Once there, are you and your family secure for at least a 24 – 48-hour period?
Safe from enemy troops/government “peacekeepers” on the hunt?
Safe from fallout and/or NBC agents?
Does it have a food and water supply to sustain all of you for 7 days?
If your initial safe location has been compromised, is a duplicate location nearby?
Do you have a farther (more remote) location that you can reach on foot in 3 days?
A secure, sustainable location with supplies for at least a month?

Law 3: You will be leaving your home, permanently or for a long time.

If you follow these steps and practice them on a dry-run on a regular basis…it will give you the advantage that most people will not have. You must innovate: come up with ideas that others will not think of. Do you know of an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town? Chances are that 90% of others will think the same thing in a grid-down/Red Dawn survival scenario. You need to find the places that are off the beaten path. And if there are none? It may mean that you have to create a place.

How? By caching your supplies within the walking distances described for each part of the “safe” area. By finding tunnels, caves, or other sub-structures that can protect you from the elements and at least afford partial protection from radiation.

Law 4: In survival, there is no silver medal: “second place” means death.

Forget that phrase in “The Hunger Games,” because if you are taken…the odds are not ever in your favor. We went through a 4-article series on how to escape from the Gulag where I reiterated how important it is for you to stay out of it. I stand by this concept. If you are taken captive, the odds aren’t in your favor of getting out…for the duration of it.

Law 5: You must stay out and survive by any and all means necessary.

Some of you may think “JJ is a little harsh.” I would rather be hard and harsh now, and enable you, my countrymen, to have some tools at your disposal and a “sharp tack” under the figurative buttocks of your mind to give you the impetus to do something about the situation prior to its occurrence. The country is “long in the tooth,” and you have to grasp these concepts and act upon them now…not burn off the pages and save them in the survival archives…but use them to inculcate your own, individual plan of action now.

Law 6: Do not tip your hand or reveal your plans to anyone.

So what do you think of these laws? Do you think they cover everything? What are some of your laws for surviving a SHTF moment? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!

Article Source: SHTF Plan