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.
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. Guns, 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. …
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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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When SHTF, protecting your family is of the utmost importance. But, while many people think that their homes are bulletproof, most walls aren’t designed to shield you from gunfire. In fact, thick furniture, drywall, and most home appliances aren’t going to do much to protect you and your family from an intruder, particularly if they’re …
Survival bunkers are not typically large structures, so you must use every single inch of space to your best advantage. There are two vital aspects to take into consideration when deciding how to fill your emergency bunker: storage space and morale. Living in a bunker will be a lot like calling a tiny house home …
Prepping isn’t all about being ready to grab your goods and run for the hills at a moment’s notice. Readiness and preparation also means protecting your valuables, supplies and gear from thieves both before and after SHTF events; your sweet preps do you no good if they get carted off by some burglars! The obvious …
15 DIY Diversion Safes Ideas to Fool Any Burglar Read More »
In times of peace or in times of war, it is often a good idea to keep people out of your space and out of your business. If your home is your castle or in our case our off-grid, secret, fortified BOL, that means you’ll need proper barriers to prevent or at least funnel the …
