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Generally speaking, we in the prepping and survival community focus on lethal weapons for self-defense. The general attitude is that if things are bad enough to warrant the use of a weapon, they’re bad enough that you’ll probably need to shot to kill. I mean, who wants to try and use a taser or pepper spray on a zombie anyway? This attitude mostly comes from the fact that we tend to prepare for worst-case scenarios, TEOTWAWKI events. But not everything we’re preparing for falls into that category. The people who survived Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma aren’t looking at a...

Survival is becoming a big business today, with multiple companies making and providing products to those who want to be prepared for anything that might befall them. While I have nothing against any of these companies or the products they provide, I will say that some are more useful than others. I’ll also say that sometimes you end up paying more for someone else’s work, than you might expect. I’m a firm believer in doing things myself when I can. That’s one of the best money-saving hints I’ve learned in my life. By doing things myself whenever I can, I...

In previous articles we've talked about developing a home defense strategy and hardening your home against attacks. But we haven't really dealt with establishing your perimeter. In order to finish preparing your home for any attacks you might face, it's important to have a good perimeter defense. Perimeter defenses aren't so much about protecting yourself from burglars and break-in artists, as they are in protecting yourself from an attacking gang. Whether that gang is tearing up your neighborhood because they are angry about some social injustice or they are looking for food in the wake of a disaster, defending against...

Ask anyone who's been involved in survival for any time, and they'll tell you that a knife is the single most important piece of survival equipment there is. If you've got to go out in the wilderness and can only bring one thing along, that's what you want to bring. With it, you can do many of the other survival tasks you need. But without it, you have a hard time doing much of anything. That's not to say that other pieces of equipment aren't important or that going out into the woods with nothing but a knife will make...

It seems like everyone is talking about bug out bags these days. You don't even need to officially be a prepper to have one. People from every walk of life and political persuasion are recognizing the need for at least a little bit of preparedness... that of having a bug out bag. There are many articles around about bug out bags; articles in which the author tries to impose their ideas on their readers. But bug out bags need to be more personal than that. What works for one, may not work for another. Each bug out bag has to...