Some posts may contain affiliate links. What are the Stand Your Ground Laws & the Alternative Statutes (2 links) Ever since the Trayvon Martin case in Florida there has been a huge interest in the stand your ground laws. However, there appears to be just as much confusion as to which states are stand your ground …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Faraday Pockets (2 links) There can be all kinds of power disruptions but the one most feared and most likely to cause the most damage to both your and your communities electronic abilities is the dreaded EMP. This can be at the hands of Mother Nature and naturally …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Creating an Awareness Formula Evaluating Human Behavior We have had other featured articles that talk about situational awareness. But rarely do they tell us the formula for creating the baseline that is our normal so that we can determine what is out of place in our own environments. Sometimes we are too …
Avoiding and Surviving a Carjacking Locally the incidence of attempted armed carjacking has drastically increased. I am told this is not just an issue here but across the western world. The last two incidents I heard about involved women stopped at stop lights who were approached by a pedestrian who pretended to be using the …
A burglary is committed in the United States about every 15 seconds and 60% of those burglaries involve forcible entry. The more our economy struggles the higher the crime rate rises.
Keeping Your Safe Haven Safe Note that for the purpose of this post, home invasion is defined as any breach of your property. Home being your primary residence, bug out location, vacation home, or any space that you consider your own and invasion meaning someone unwelcome entering that location without your consent whether you are there or …
Run or Not to Run From a Shooter Millions of people have watched the governments RUN. HIDE. FIGHT. ® video on how to escape harm from an active shooter. For the most part it’s a good video with reasonable rational good advice on avoiding the shooter. (if you haven’t perhaps seen it, it is included …
Making Your Resources Stretch Further During Uncertain Times Times are tight all over the world for just about every economic group. Everyone needs to make their resources whether in currency or physical assets stretch further. Times are also uncertain all over the world as we as the human race deal with natural disasters and especially …
Opening a Master Lock W/Out Keys or Specialty Tools This is a little trick has been known by the crooks and bad guys for some time. I am sharing it so you will also now know it. Knowledge is power and forewarned is forearmed. I have always known that a padlock could be removed with …
What should be Kept to Yourself and Why We do discuss operation OPSEC quite often. I am a believer in the need-to-know basis is how best to determine what should be kept to oneself and what should be shared. Some people don’t like to share their ideas or projects because then everyone will know! First, …
