Category: Defense / Security / Safety

  • Are These Really the Problems to Worry About?

    Are These Really the Problems to Worry About?

    Watch this video, then see my comments below… I’ve been watching a lot of Southerprepper1’s content lately, and I always enjoy his calm and rational approach to prepping. But the video above got me to wondering if we’re going too far in a sense with our preparedness efforts. For those who chose not to watch…

  • The Perfect AR-15 Home Defense Build?

    The Perfect AR-15 Home Defense Build?

    The AR-15 in recent years has become the go-to home defense rifle. Along with the pump action shotgun, semi-auto shotgun, and the old favorite handgun/revolver, the home defense rifle has become a real option in the past several years. Most of that can be laid at the feet of the AR-15 platform. The modularity, add-on…

  • 12 Security Mistakes You Might Be Making – And How to Fix Them

    12 Security Mistakes You Might Be Making – And How to Fix Them

    Survival situations come with a lot of variables that you have to consider. Everything from food and water storage to the clothes you have available to you and your transportation options can impact your ability to survive. In your other preparations, have you spent much time thinking about security? Home security may be something that…

  • Top 10 Threats to Preppers in 2022

    Top 10 Threats to Preppers in 2022

    I’ve only been warning about the first threat discussed in the video–inflation–since middle of this year, but it’s been a problem for a lot longer than that. Truth is, inflation is only now becoming blatantly obvious to the masses, which is why the news has been talking about it so much. Of course, there’s a…

  • Which Type of Body Armor is Best?

    Which Type of Body Armor is Best?

    Type any variation of “how to survive an apocalypse,” and you’ll find hundreds of thousands of results. They could range from how to store food for long periods to what guns will provide the best protection without needing a lot of specialized work or repairs if something goes awry. There are plenty of tips and…

  • How to Treat Animal Bites While in the Wild

    How to Treat Animal Bites While in the Wild

    In a survival situation, there are a lot of variables to consider when it comes to staying safe. You need to make sure you have clean drinking water and food with the proper nutrients to keep you healthy. You need shelter to protect you from the elements and any hazards, and fire to let you…

  • October is Fire Safety Month – 5 Crucial References

    October is Fire Safety Month – 5 Crucial References

    I received an email the other day stating that “it’s fire safety month,” which immediately made me laugh just a bit. The way we designate a month as the time to be concerned about something boggles my mind, as if the other eleven months we can ignore [fill in the blank] concern. In any case,…

  • 11 Ways to Fortify Your Survival Shelter

    11 Ways to Fortify Your Survival Shelter

    Do you remember the old story of the ant and the grasshopper? If you don’t, here’s a quick refresher. The ant spends all summer storing food for the winter, so that when the weather gets cold, he’s got enough to survive. The grasshopper spends all summer playing and then starves to death when winter comes,…

  • Home Security in Times of Strife

    Home Security in Times of Strife

    Below you’ll find plenty of solid advice, much of which I discuss in my own book on the topic, but if you want the quick and dirty home security ideas to implement right now then watch the following videos. And, while some of the advice is redundant, there’s still a lot covered in the first…