Category: Defense / Security / Safety
-
9 Ways to Guard Against Blind Spots in Your Security System
Your home is a fortress for you and your family during good times and bad. A solid security system can help prevent intruders from entering your property and give you time to escape if there’s a breach. But blind spots can allow trespassers in, so focusing on potential vulnerabilities can help you to stay safe.…
-
Is Smart Technology Making Your Home Less Secure?
Life becomes easier and safer as technology evolves — at least, that’s the idea. These days, you have no shortage of gadgets to make your house safer and more secure. If a disaster scenario arises, technology can be the difference between life and death. Giving yourself and your family the best chance possible to survive…
-
How to Identify (and Avoid) Scammers Who Prey on Preppers
Scams have been around for centuries and have evolved with the times. Many modern deceptions are tech-based, with thieves worldwide extorting innocent people from their phones and computers. Unfortunately, these scams are all too prevalent in survivalist circles. You can encounter numerous scams daily, whether checking email at work, scrolling through social media or answering…
-
How to Organize an Advanced Home Video Surveillance System
An advanced video surveillance system is a valuable resource for any homeowner. Survivalists and preppers can especially benefit from video surveillance because they need to keep their supply stockpiles safe at all costs. They also often have to watch over expansive homesteads, which requires more than one set of eyes. If you fall under one…
-
The Complete Guide to Door Fortification
Doorways are the most vulnerable parts of the house. They are likely entry points for menaces of all kinds — burglars, animals, pests, water — the list goes on. You might think your doors are secure, but chances are good that you’re missing some key security features. Here’s how to address all external threats and…
-
How to Rapidly Improve Your Skills at the Shooting Range
Whether you keep firearms for home protection, self-defense, hunting, or some combination of the three, a gun is only as useful as the person wielding it. All the guns in the world won’t keep you safe or your family fed in a survival situation if you can’t hit the target you’re aiming at. Improving your…
-
Best IR Lasers for Your AR
Introduction For the past ten to twenty years, IR lasers were prohibited for commercial purchase and could only be used by members of law enforcement or the military. However, with technological advances over the last sixteen years, you can find civilian-legal IR lasers to mount on your AR15 that perform well in most scenarios. There…
-
Focal Plane Scopes: Why It Matters
What Is the Difference Between First Focal Plane and Second Focal Plane Scopes? When it comes to selecting the proper scope to mount on the upper receiver of your AR15, many hunters and firearm enthusiasts quickly become bewildered by all the choices available. Although second focal plane optic systems are the most common, they won’t…
-
5 Essential Medical Supplies to Have as a Responsible Gun Owner
When planning an extended hunting trip that will be far off the beaten path, and it’s just you and nature, you’ll more than likely spend some time checking all the boxes before heading out. You’ve taken the time to break down and clean the upper receiver and inspected the AR15 lower yourself. Check. You’ve remembered…