Not a bad primer to help get your mind in the right direction when it comes to preparing for when the Hammer drops. Remember, in Prepping, just like in Firearms and Combat Training, it is Software before Hardware. The Mind is the Ultimate Weapon, all else is Supplemental. -SF I have been reading the excellent…
Category: Practical Skill Sets
Practical Skill-Sets: Trapped in a Crowd – Why Crowds Get Dangerous & How To Survive A Crush
I used to lovegoing to sporting events. I regularly spent Saturday afternoons in a football stadium with 65,000 other fans, or in a basketball arena with 23,000 other basketball crazies, or a Friday night at Disney World with 80,000 of my newfound friends. I had no problem with large crowds. I loved the lack of…
The Armed Citizen Corner: Current Terrorism Threat is a CALL TO ARMS for All Citizens!
By Hammerhead With the Paris Attacks Seven Months Old, the Brussells Bombings Three months old, the Orlando Shooting Two-weeks old and the current death toll From the Attack in Istanbul Yesterday up to 41 dead and 239 Injured, it is a fairly obvious assumption that ISIS is on a GLOBAL rampage. The obvious targeting of Mass Transit Hubs and…
Armed Citizen Corner Video: Off-Duty Cop ECQ Shooting
Several Things to Highlight Here: Extreme Close Quarters Shootings (Bad Breath Distance Encounters) are more frequent than most civilians or even Law Enforcement train for. Make it a point to make this part of your training every time you hit the range. A Smooth Presentation of the weapon enabled the officer to put rounds on…
Armed Citizen Corner: Train Like A Samurai…10 Arrows
Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Imperfect practice makes rehearsed. You’ve heard a lot of advice on different training philosophies – ways to maximize the results you achieve. The fact is, desultory training (grunts: desultory) is a waste of time, ammunition and money. It may get you killed. Read this and pay attention….
Armed Citizen Corner Video: Mugger Ask For Cash, Gets Hollow Points Instead
See the Original Video at Active Self Protection You-Tube Channel
Stories of Survival: 20 Hours Alone in the Water in the Gulf of Mexico
Bill Durden was on a roll. He’d just caught two good-sized groupers and tossed his line back into the water when he felt it snag on the bottom of his boat. The engine, he realized, wasn’t in neutral. Durden gave the rod a good tug. It yanked him right back, pulling him straight out of…
Survival Tips: 18 Macgyver Like Survival Hacks
Editor’s note: The following tips are excerpted from Survival Hacks: Over 200 Ways to Use Everyday Items for Wilderness Survival by Creek Stewart. Having taught survival skills to thousands of individuals from all over the world for nearly two decades, I’ve come to one conclusion: the most important survival skill is innovation. Using what you have,…
Another Reason To Be Armed: Wheelchair Bound Vet Center Punches POS Burglar
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports this week (5/21/2016) in Monticello, Georgia that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into a fatal shooting by a local resident. A wheelchair-bound Vietnam veteran, age 69, was at home on Thursday about 9 p.m. That’s when an intruder, age 22, apparently forced his way into the home through a…
Natural Disaster Survival: Hurricane Prep Primer + Giveaway
Over 80% of people on this planet live within 100 miles of a coastline. Despite attempts at getting the population better prepared, according to FEMA, only 40% of the U.S. population actively prepares. It only takes one hurricane for victims to see how quickly their lives can change. Hurricanes are nightmarish in terms of the…