For those preppers who live on a rural or truly remote property and depend on a wood burning stove or fireplace for heating their home, accumulating enough firewood to make it through the cold season is imperative, and might literally be a matter of life and death during a harsh winter. Even for those of […]
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Most people consider their smartphone to be pretty well an inseparable part of their identity these days. Between managing our social media accounts, handling calls and texts and improving our efficiency, or at least increasing distraction, with countless apps these are wonderful little witch bricks are certainly a hallmark of our era. But for all
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Contrary to what is sometimes reported, Colorado does not have a true stand-your-ground law. What stand-your-ground provisions they have in the law is really a sort of halfway version of Castle Doctrine, where defenders have a right to defend themselves against someone who has illegally entered their home, but only so long as another crime
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If there are two things on most preppers’ minds concerning distinctively 21st-century threats it is the illicit hijacking of our devices’ signals and the looming, Doomsday threat of EMP events. Concerning the latter, one of the only defenses we have for our vital electronics is placing them inside a Faraday cage enclosure, a container or
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You needn’t have been prepping for long to understand the importance of storing food for long- or indefinite-term survival situations. Once you are no longer able to dash down to the grocery store to plus-up on your weekly provisions, the pressure will really be on. Fortunately, mankind has been storing food for a very, very
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Love them or hate them, MRE’s are a staple for military personnel, outdoor adventurers and the properly prepared prepper. MREs contain everything that a hard-working body needs to survive and thrive, and it all comes in a compact, easy to carry and heavy duty package that will keep the food fresh and safe to eat.
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Tennessee has self-defense laws, including a stand-your-ground provision, that might be described as largely standard for laws of this type. Tennessee’s self-defense law is entirely sturdy, well-rounded and strongly on the side of the individual citizen who is attacked, especially if they are attacked in their home, business, vehicle or any other place they have
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Most people have need of extra storage in their lives, especially people with large and bulky equipment, containers full of miscellaneous gear and sporting or lawn care equipment that is tough to store anywhere in or around your home. For separate, nominally secure storage two of the most popular options available today are classic storage
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I don’t think anyone at this point needs to be told how precious water is to life. To say that it is essential is an understatement. However, in a survival situation clean and drinking water becomes incalculably more important considering you will no longer be able to depend on faucets, deliveries of bottled water and
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New Mexico is something of a unique case when it comes to stand-your-ground laws. Though New Mexico is regarded as a decidedly self-defense friendly state, it does not have a true stand-your-ground statute according to the now typical standards of the day. Instead, New Mexico relies on specific jury instructions that notify jurors a defender
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