Defense
Kids can learn to shoot and garden. Teaching them to handle fear and uncertainty is harder. Build adaptability into their routines, be honest at their level, and give them skills they can trust when the world stops making sense.
Defense
The shaking stops. Then the real problems start. Broken gas lines, dead power, and no working toilets. Have a generator or battery bank ready. Line your toilet with garbage bags. Know where your gas shutoff is and how to use it before the ground moves.
Defense
Time to feel proud, go ahead and pat yourself on the back. The stockpile of food and water are set, plenty to last more than week. The house is stocked and ready for sheltering everyone in place. The whole family all gathered together in the living room last Saturday, backpacks in hand and provis...
Defense
Defense is a huge aspect of prepping. Whether you are mastering different ways to defend yourself, of if you are trying to find the best way to protect your home, defense is a key cornerstone to any solid prepping plan. Still, it’s easy to make mistakes and defense is the one place you can’t affo...
Defense
One of the best ways to prepare yourself is to arm yourself with knowledge and that goes for every member of your family. Kids are incredibly apt to soaking up new information and teaching your children survival skills can not only be useful in a variety of scenarios, but it can also provide you ...
Defense
A year and two months to the day after society fell, you’re into the last box of .22 shells. The stockpile lasted longer than planned. Those armed hoards never materialized, so ammo was better spent on fox and the occasional deer. Taking care against the wasted shot conserved it for even longer. ...
Defense
When disaster looms preppers envision relying solely on their own survival skills and strategies. And why wouldn’t they? While interest in preparing for the worst has grown among the general public the popular view of post-collapse society is grim, With images from the likes of Mad Max and The Wa...
Defense
Take a minute, sit back in your chair and consider the possibilities that could lead to a collapse of society. Imagine the dominoes needed to fall in order for something of such magnitude to actually happen. Would it be a systemic failure of global economic systems? A virulent disease outbreak wi...
Defense
The ultimate defense in any situation is to be trained and well prepared. If you are properly prepared to defend yourself, you will not just be able to protect yourself, you will be able to defend your whole family, especially your children, in any disaster scenario. First Prepare Yourself – Wome...
Defense
Whether the threat is from burglary, home invasion, looting after a natural disaster or a post-apocalyptic attack from scavenging bands of humans or roaming hordes of zombies, defending your home is of paramount importance. Building effective layers ...
Defense
Okay, so you’ve finally committed, you’ve bought the guns and ammunition, everything needed for the defense of your home. You’ve stockpiled, stored, hidden away and concealed in strategic locations throughout your property the weapons that will keep the family safe and secure no matter the threat...
Defense
Guns Guns are the personal defense tool of choice for many. They tend to be the first means of protection when the topic of defense comes up in conversation. Handguns, shotguns, rifles, semi-automatic, double barreled pump, military-style, magnum, black powder blunderbuss, the types and styles ra...