Tag: security

Body Targets in Self-Defense

Body Targets in Self-Defense You can’t count on being armed 100% of the time. It simply isn’t feasible. There are areas in our society where firearms are not allowed. There are countries that don’t allow their citizens to carry a gun at any time. So, if attacked in one of the gun free zones you …

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Bomb Resistant Wallpaper

Bomb Resistant Wallpaper Wow! If you are considering new construction particularly in a commercial environment this is definitely an upgrade, you may want to consider. Sadly, in the world today, protecting your building and customers from suicide bombers is not a far-fetched idea. But even better yet, if this wallpaper liner can reduce damage from …

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Having the Don’t Come Here Chat

Having the Don’t Come Here Chat We have all heard the “Well if anything bad happens, I/we will just come to your place”. Then they give you that silly grin which says without words (In my opinion). “You are so overreacting” and “If something bad does happen you will need me even more than now …

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Bad Strategies That Can Get You Killed

Bad Strategies That Can Get You Killed I hear so many of these strategies thrown around prepping sites and it makes me shake my head. My thought is to please leave a map of your cache’s and lots of usable supplies around where I can find them, please. Because if that is your plan A …

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3 Essentials to Prevent Home Invasion

3 Essentials to Prevent Home Invasion Home invasions are one of those things that only happen to other people, like rape, robbery, murder, and identity theft. Until they happen to you, and you become that other person! No one should live in fear. Just the opposite. We should have our homes, possessions and selves secure …

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Deter Water or Bullets with Sand Bags

Deter Water or Bullets with Sand Bags I happen to live in a flood prone area of the United States and have seen numerous sandbags over the years. I never gave much thought to them in all honesty. A sandbag is a sandbag was my thinking. But that isn’t true! We all see the sandbags …

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Escape From the Trunk of a Car

Escape From the Trunk of a Car We all like to think that we will never be the victims of a violent crime, until it happens to us! I have no reason to believe that I would ever be a target of anyone. But neither did all the victims out there who survived and so did …

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Creating a Safe Room

Creating a Safe Room Most of us remember the Jodie Foster movie “Panic Room”. Now that was a safe room! What about the rest of us? Those of us who don’t have riches? Do we need a safe room? Yes, I think we do. Not necessarily in the style of the panic room but somewhere …

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Werewolf Muzzle

Werewolf Muzzle One of our best defenses in home protection is the family dog. I know mine will hear someone approaching long before I do. He also seems to sense members of our family’s emotional reaction to that approaching person. He will respond to a command to look ferocious and does a good job at it unless the …

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Contain Your “Smoke Smell” or Else!?

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Contain Your “Smoke Smell” or Else!? These are actually the most ridiculous “ordinance and court judgments” I have yet to hear enforced. I personally do actually have some experience with this in Washington state. I live just barely in city limits in a very rural area and once found while …

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