In this week’s mailbag we cover… The lifetime of Curad antiviral face masks… Whether a shotgun or rifle is best for home defense… My thoughts on having a machete in my survival gear… The risks of concealed carry when it’s not legal… How to decide what gun to use when starting out… And the best […]

These days, many homeowners have some type of security camera, most commonly the inexpensive doorbell security cameras that you can get for about $100. The good thing about these types of cameras is that they can be motion activated, so they start recording well before someone knocks on your front door. For example, a Texas […]

In this week’s Must-Read articles we cover… Maintaining body temperature during extreme conditions… What you need to know about the recent earthquakes in the U.S… The best survival dogs to defend you… Reasons to keep a firearm close while camping… And why you need to train your children for hard situations. Let’s dive in… How […]

We’ve all had skin injuries and wounds at one time or another, either as children, but probably as adults as well – ranging from paper cuts to diabetic foot ulcers. What are we supposed to do for our skin injuries and wounds? Have mom kiss them and make them better? Soak them in turpentine? Heat […]

In this week’s mailbag we cover… How to get by without a smartphone… How to become a spy… What you can do to protect yourself in NYC… The only way to take down a shooter… How to train for the FBI’s firearms qualification test… And how to communicate with someone across the world without cell […]

Shooting and Moving, an Important Combination The type of shooting that most of us do at our local shooting range isn’t really all that useful. Oh, it’s fine for teaching the fundamentals of shooting and in fact every shooter needs to be proficient at shooting at a stationary target, before moving on to other, more […]

In this week’s Must-Read articles we cover… What to know about your local region in case of a disaster… Experiencing violence and the fight or flight reactions that occur… How to rescue yourself after falling through ice… What you need to know to tackle a pandemic… And how to tackle traveling without a personal defense […]

The Pacific Crest Trail is a long-distance hiking trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges, which lie 100 to 150 miles east of the U.S. Pacific coast. The trail’s southern end is at the U.S. border with Mexico and its northern end on the Canada–US border. The […]

In this week’s mailbag we cover… My thoughts on shoulder holsters… Using your hot tub water as a backup supply… Defense suggestions against computer viruses… The possibilities of bulletproof foam… Testing out a new gun before buying… And what steps to take to using a silencer. Let’s dive in… What are your thoughts on shoulder […]

I’m sure you remember that in September 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico when it hit as a Category 5 storm. It is regarded as the worst natural disaster in recorded history to affect those islands and was also the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Mitch in 1998. At its peak, […]