Every year millions of homes in the U.S. fall victim to burglars. It’s not exactly an uncommon occurrence, even in the nicest of neighborhoods. However, breaking and entering tends to peak during the holiday season.
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Every year millions of homes in the U.S. fall victim to burglars. It’s not exactly an uncommon occurrence, even in the nicest of neighborhoods. However, breaking and entering tends to peak during the holiday season.
There are steps you can take at home to make your property harder to enter and to enable you to defend it.
These days, having a security alarm may not always deter burglars and criminals from breaking into your home. By making some minor adjustments to the landscaping of the yard, you can create secure perimeter around the property so that criminals will think twice before attempting to break in.
In an emergency, this silent weapon can have deadly force.
The single most effective defense occurs when multiple firers concentrate their fires on a target. Therefore, home defense cannot be solely up to the man of the home. Here is a great list for firearms and a few home-defense pointers that the prepper chicks will find most helpful.
Fight that good fight, and fight it smart. You don’t have to be the smartest guy or gal in the world: just be smarter than the goof that wants to attack you, and remember that discretion is the better part of valor.
Long-term emergencies require long-term defense plans and strategies. Contributing author, Max Velocity goes into detail on how to prepare for, train and what the best strategies are for defending your home in a long-term emergency. This a MUST-READ!
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The only thing more important than reaction time is reacting effectively, and not suffering from the “paralysis of analysis,” or staying rooted in place and doing nothing. Practice what you are going to do in a life-threatening situation in each of these areas of your day.
These five simple security measures will ensure your home stays out of the watchful eye of an intruder.
Make no mistake – they are listening to you and invading your privacy, but there are ways to block the signal.
All the certifications in the world are no substitute for the basic fundamentals of marksmanship and the ability to employ them.
Did you know that metal tends to “sweat” with a change in temperature? In order to take good care of your firearms, make sure you do this maintenance once a week.
Let’s list some of these ancient tribesmen and some of the tactics that enabled them to succeed, and we’ll draw a correlation as to how we may emulate some of these tactics.
What happens if you find yourself bound in duct tape? Home invasions are escalating and you never know what could happen next. Do not fear, however, because you can get out just as easily as you get in! This life hack may actually save your life.
You have valuable possessions and documents that need safeguarding; and without this essential home security prep – all could be lost.
In a worst-case scenario, give yourself a hidden edge for when the SHTF and the going gets rough.
Know how to take a stand and defend yourself using the tools you have on hand. These five everyday items can double as self-defense weapons and help you better survive an attack.
Traveling can be fun, but going through the Transportation Security Administrations checkpoints can leave you feeling exploited and defenseless. The TSA’s rules are constantly changing, and it can be difficult to know what you are allowed to have on a plane. Because of this, we’ve broken down the best survival and self-defense tools TSA will allow in this handy guide.
This self-defense training tool that will give you the opportunity to learn new skills and reinforce old ones in your repertoire.
Rebuilding is an inevitable part of putting our lives back together after a disaster. Relief workers are still on the island trying to rebuild Haiti and have begun their reconstruction process using 50 tools.
Our children live in such a drastically different world as we grew up in. Dangers seem to be around every corner, and the Internet has invited those dangers into our homes and our children’s bedrooms.
The bottom line is that most of us are in a vehicle and/or away from home much of the day, whether winter or summer. Winter is a little different, as it poses challenges and perils that are not necessarily addressed as easily as in the warmer months.
Tourniquets aren’t discussed often when it comes to prepping supplies; the focus seems to be on medical supplies such as antibiotics and simple first aid kit. But a tourniquet should be added to your gear, and there is one big life-saving reason why.
Anyone who had the displeasure of evacuating is aware of the frustration and heightened stress levels you experience. Having a vehicle that is well stocked and evacuation ready is your ticket to a less chaotic and stressful encounter. Here are 5 ways to keep your vehicle evacuation ready.
Emergency responders claim two women’s lives were saved in a recent mountain rescue because they knew this basic winter survival skill.
Trying to make fire from ice isn’t as easy as everyone makes it out to be. It’s not as simple as shaping a piece of ice into a lens and letting the sun shine through it.
Check out these cheap yet effective home security tips to keep your home safe and secure while making sure you have as much of your budget as possible to use for your prep.