"Not so much a can of worms in that question as a nest of vipers!

The friends-of-the-gun are dominant here - they wouldn't have it any other way ; ) but some, just some of us believe that the false sense of invulnerability that comes from a complicated and quite possibly unsustainable weapons system will be a lethal drawback.

Simply put, that you won't run away when you aught to because your packing will be a major cause of death among would-be survivors.

If conflicts are won by the minds and spirits of the people involved, the wielders, rather than the weapons, then being aware of the weapons affect on 'your' state of mind seems pretty important. People who practice with melee weapons are acutely aware of their limitations and gun enthusiasts come across as less so.
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"[1]In Aus where I live where fire arms isn't in great circulation [2] I would think that having fire arms would be an advantage initially. But ammo would run out fairly quickly even amongst a fair small group of survivors"

"Load the magazines? I don't even think you can reload .22's as they're rimfire, not that it's really worth it anyway from a price standpoint. And they are very easy to carry. I have an old ammo can which filled only weighs maybe ten pounds or so and holds over two thousand rounds of .22lr."

"As you can tell I have very little fire arm exp. it may be cheap and easy to get hold of now but on z day would you be considering reloading it? Unless as sharpie says you absolutely can't ..."