Squatters, in a true no-holds-barred SHTF situation, are threatening MY and my family's survival.
If some form of law still exists, they get the chance to be evicted legally. If the situation has gone beyond that - the gators eat hearty......
I think the best situation is to align yourself with a group of like minded friends. Hopefully some people with skills and moral values. There always must be some form of moral and just law. A group has a better chance of getting through a tough time than a single person or single family. Many minds, ideas and opinions are a wonderful thing. A group can hole up and protect itself better than a single man wandering alone. I find the idea of a single man sitting alone on a bit of land in "the middle of nowhere" shooting anyone that happens to walk by a bit frightening. Mentally unstable comes to mind. The man you shoot down like a dog may have friends and family that won't take kindly to your actions. Man has evolved to survive best in a community setting. And survive they will. The single man or family alone won't last long. The thugs and criminals will soon be weeded out of the community and eliminated. Don't think that SHTF situations haven't happened before throughout history? Think again.
__________________ The world be strange except for me and thee, and sometimes I think thou art a bit odd....
Not read all the other posts.... but, if society gets to the point that they can be call Squatters....
Then you can do whatever you want
__________________ I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
~George Washington