Gear or training

I suggest a Glock for a pistol

First step? I’d say knowledge.

Gear as in plates and vest?

And an AR or AK for gun

Vests, armor, helmets, gloves, supplies, weapons

Gear is everything that is separate from clothing and is outerwear. Carrier, plates, pouches.

Your first step should be a gun.

Carrier can’t do shit but stop rounds.

Agreed

At that point, if you’re receiving rounds, and have no gun, you’re fucked anyway.

Gun and no plates beats plates and no gun.

Man, I'm jelly I got fucked over on money, so I'm probably cannon fodder to most of yall, 😅🤣😭

And you shouldn’t be any more confident about taking fire with plates.

Of course not

Still need to take cover.

And trust me, don’t go overboard with gear either.

AR-15 platform that uses either 5.56 or 223 wylde. I would also suggest a 9mm of some sort as that ammunition will be the most abundant. THEN get a plate carrier with level III+ or IV plates. Make sure you have an IFAK attached to that bitch. All of the plates in the world wont matter if you get shot in the leg and bleed out. Then TRAIN TRAIN TRAIN.

When rounds pop, you won’t be able to get low enough.

To be entirely honest, I would start with a belt setup.

Battle belt?

It’s not as expensive, and still you get modularity, and a mounting platform for equipment.

I always forget about a belt because that seems obvious. Something sturdy that you can throw a holster and mag pouch on.

Also for anyone that needs book smarts I got ya

https://archive.org/search.php?query=paladin press

Now this might sound stupid, but I believe I have a solid drop leg platform from *airsoft*

Tony, for any loadout/gear stuff, that link up above labeled “Gear Loadout” goes from head to toe.

First purchase: concealable pistol

Airsoft isn't recommended cuz the weight difference between real n air

Understandable yeah

Concealable pistol. Okay

@TonyB gotta stay strapped even without all the vest and plates and rifle, etc. That's where I started. Glock 43

Yeah pistol definitely seems like the right starting point

My friend did say since I’ve been looking at getting one to save back a grand

But idk what to get

Check out AIM surplus, they've got police trade-in glocks and M&P's for about 300-400. Good starter guns for a good price

Hmmm

Probably gonna be better than my initial idea of getting a Yeet cannon

Have they even come out yet?

I dont believe so.

I thought they had scrapped the idea.