knowing what you know now, would you rather have $5000 worth of Gold (about 4 Troy ounces if you bought some time ago), or $5000 worth of guns and ammo.
a decent pistol will run about $600, case of 9mm ammo another $200, so $5k will get you about 6 pistols and 7000 rounds of ammo.
if you had to sell to raise cash, which could you sell for more compared to the initial purchase price?
Alex, i'll take the guns and ammo.