Louisiana is another highly permissive state when it comes to civilian carry and overall possession of defensive sprays. Civilians may have any formulation they choose so long as it is not designed to inflict serious bodily injury or death, and similarly may carry any quantity that serves their purposes. One should know, however, that due […]
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You’ve probably thought a lot about what you’re going to do when the time comes to run away from a bad situation. The notion of abandoning your home and heading for safer ground when things get really desperate is something of a trope in prepping. But have you considered the fact that you’ll need to
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Vehicles are an integral part of many preppers’ survival plans for facing down an SHTF situation. Unfortunately, in that context most vehicles will only continue to function as they do in our normal day-to-day lives: as a taxi or a bus, taking us from point A to point B and nothing more. While this is
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Pennsylvania is a state with hardly any pepper spray laws to speak of on the books, and aside from a definition for “tear or noxious gas”, and its related use in the busting of labor disputes, it does not restrict citizens from purchasing, possessing, or using in self-defense defensive sprays of any kind or quantity.
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The Essentials Virginia Knife Law Overview Virginia is not a state where you can concealed carry nearly any knife, or at least do so with any kind of certainty that you won’t get tossed in jail on your head. Several exclusions for named types of knives, along with sweepingly broad language regarding similar knives means
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There is a piece of prepper lore that tells us water from a natural source that is fast-moving, bubbling, or rapid is safe to drink from. Conversely it informs us that we should never drink from slow moving, nearly still or standing water. If you consider this advice it would seem that sourcing water from
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Connecticut: Fast Facts on Trespassing Connecticut Trespassing Law Overview Connecticut’s laws on trespassing are fairly typical of most states. All trespassing is a misdemeanor, and one is trespassing in general if they are on property that they know they should not be on, is fenced, or has posted signage forbidding trespassing. These trespassing laws are
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If you are a DIY sort of person, you have probably already dealt with charging your vehicle’s battery when it goes dead. It is an entirely common problem and one that every driver should know how to handle. Unfortunately Mother Nature sometimes conspires against us or we might live in a setting where we cannot
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Nevada is generally considered a pro self-defense state, and has on its books a version of the increasingly popular stand-your-ground statute that means any defender acting in good faith and lawfully has no duty to retreat from a threat. Unfortunately, Nevada laws on the matter are a bit more long-winded and difficult to decipher than
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Anyone that has ever spent time outdoors understands all too well what a menace mosquitoes can be. Aside from inflicting maddening aggravation, mosquitoes may also carry various life-threatening diseases and parasites, among them such horrors as West Nile virus, malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, chikungunya and more. Protecting yourself from mosquitoes will go a long
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