Louisiana: Fast Facts on Trespassing Louisiana Trespassing Law Overview Louisiana’s laws covering trespassing are in practice pretty simple. Unfortunately, the statutes are written in an extremely obtuse and very lengthy way that is not easy to understand for people not already fluent at reading and interpreting such documents. The primary section covering criminal trespass is […]
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Very few preppers would ever consider camping or bugging out in a wilderness setting without making use of a campfire. A campfire provides light, warmth, a much-needed morale boost and it can also help keep animals away from your campsite. At least, you often hear people assert that fire will repel animals. But is this
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There are plenty of survival necessities that one must have in any survival situation, but few get as much attention and emphasis as shelter. While it is true that you will constantly see articles and receive advice about the importance of ever precious water, and admonitions to lay in plenty of food to see you
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Pennsylvania: Fast Facts on Trespassing Pennsylvania Trespassing Law Overview Relevant Pennsylvania State Statutes Like most states, PA has a section of definitions detailing the specifics of the language used in the following statutes. Unlike most states, PA also laboriously includes the rest of the definitions scattered throughout their attendant sections. Normally we would cover all
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For such a ubiquitous, everyday tool it is far from uncommon to experience sticker shock when assessing the prices of knives today. From conservative folding pocket knives to elaborate, large, fixed-blade knives suitable for the battlefield or the backcountry, it is a simple thing to spend $75, $100 or even north of $200 on a
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Slingshots are popular and effective weapons for taking small and medium game quietly, and also have an advantage in that they can launch various kinds of projectiles for different tasks. Slingshots have been around for ages, and one nice perk is that they are mechanically very simple, at their most rudimentary being nothing more than
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Prepping is simply the mitigation of risk by proaction, specifically by increasing competency in various disciplines (internal), and the acquisition of equipment and provisions which will better equip one to survive the rigors of a perilous situation or emergency (external). But when you stop to consider all the various threats and situations one could face,
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Self-defense is no game, and you can count that doubly true when it comes to using lethal force in self-defense. This is a decision you cannot afford to get wrong, and anybody who pops off with a pithy aphorism that they would rather be judged by twelve than carried by six has clearly never been
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Being ready to bug out is part and parcel of prepping. When you have major trouble coming your way, instead of trying to lean into it and tackle it head-on, a far more elegant solution is just to get you and the people you care about out of the dang way! A situation does not
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We’re in an era that’s increasingly threatened by the proliferation of nuclear weapons that come in all sizes, wonder weapons that can knock out continental power grids, and even natural cosmic phenomena like solar storms. Every single one of these events is capable of producing an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) effect that can completely fry any
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