Defending your home is not as hard as you might think, but you have to think of all the various scenarios that could happen during and after a disaster. Angry mobs, thugs, hungry neighbors… you could wake up in the middle of a home invasion.
You have to take the security of your home very seriously, and go beyond installing an alarm system and a few cameras, and always have alternate ways to protect your home, and to escape it if need be.
For many preppers concerned about beefing up their home security and overall preparedness, the safe room is something of an “apex prep” in their preparedness plan. The idea of retreating to a hardened location that has everything you need to survive a disaster or bad guys breaking down your door is undeniably attractive. Unfortunately, remodeling …
You probably don’t need me to tell you that it’s critical to have a safe to protect your valuables. Whether you’re storing guns, jewelry, electronics or anything else, a safe is generally the final line of defense in an asset protection plan. But the bad news is, no matter how big and heavy you think …
The descriptors bulletproof and cheap typically don’t go together. If there is one practical problem you just cannot afford to mess up, it is the problem of bulletproofing something. Whether it is yourself, your residence or a vehicle, if there is even a chance that you’ll be shot at you’ve got to know whatever you …
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We’ve all been there before. You aren’t expecting any guests but nonetheless, there is a knock at your front door. A quick peek at your security camera app and you see an official-looking person in a uniform, obviously the knocker, standing back a respectful distance from the door. What do you do now? Should you …
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Pretty much everyone understands the fact that our valuables need protection. Physical security, cash, jewelry, cameras, or anything else that has a high dollar value attached to it: if it isn’t secured then it is free for the taking if thieves should break in. The solution is simple: Just get a safe! Right? Right. But …
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In life, there comes a time when you might need to get a hold of someone at their home. Maybe you’re trying to sell them something, tell them something, or make it inquiry. Whatever the reason, you might have caused to go knock on their door. If they don’t answer, or you have to make …
A knock at the front door might be one of the most innocuous things that could occur on any given day while you’re at home. But in our increasingly high-tech and convenience-focused era, unexpected knocks at the door are becoming rarer and rarer, to the point where a stranger rapping on your front door can …
We live increasingly uncertain times, and with uncertainty comes anxiety, and anxiety usually gives birth to a desire to beef up home security. Luckily for us, our modern era has birthed many incredible technological innovations, including compact, user-installable security camera systems. Whether or not you go with one of these systems or a more traditional …
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The idea of someone trespassing upon property that you rightfully own will fill most people with a combination of insensate anger and roiling violation. That is your land, your parcel, your property. They don’t belong there. What were they doing? Did they take anything, damage anything or are they just scouting for some other nefarious …
Most trained civilians are prepared to use force in self-defense either at their home, to repel a home invasion, or in a public place, to halt an attack. These are the two typical settings for all kinds of self-defense scenarios, and there are many similarities between them, namely the presumption that the defender will be …
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