Survival & Emergency Preparedness

Over the past few weekends I've been able to get out in the woods a few times.  Some random observations: 1. BDU pants are better than...

I just picked up a couple new traditional knives from SMKW. (Click thumbnails for full sized pictures.) First, a Condor Nessmuk knife: ...

One of the most important things about emergency preparedness is getting you financial house in order.  For the past several decades, credit...

A couple of weeks ago I picked up a PSL-54C rifle.  Anyone in need of a semiautomatic centerfire rifle firing a full power round, which is e...

I ran across this story from Haiti today, about how a smartphone and Facebook were used in the aftermath of the recent earthquake. You ca...

Tonight's commute home turned into a real SNAFU and an example of why you should be prepared to deal with unexepected situations, especi...

As you may know, the Mid-Atlantic region just got hit with the second Nor'Easter in less than a week.  This has given me the chance to w...

The Shooters' Bar -- the Internet's oldest freely-available list of pro-RKBA attorneys has a new site and a complete site redesign....

Yesterday while up at REI checking out their Winter clearance sale I wound up coming home with a Marmot PreCip rain jacket (which unfortuna...

For a little while I've been looking for a new fleece jacket, since my trusty old Columbia Titanium jacket is starting to show its age. ...

FYI, because much of the info you download from the Internet is in PDF format. There is a zero day security exploit for the Adobe PDF Read...

Over at Blog O'Stuff .

Found on PrudentBear, via Clayton Cramer : The rise in the gold price above $1,100 per ounce last week is a pretty good indicator that som...

Over on Survivalblog, JWR posted a letter from a retired US Army warrant officer with experience in several real-world SHTF situations. H...

Last Saturday I attended the Second Annual Zombie Shoot at Langhorne Rod and Gun Club.  One of the shoot sponsors was Rogue Elite, owned by ...

Over on Blog O'Stuff I posted an after action report for Langhorne Rod & Gun Club's Second Annual Zombie Shoot.  I posted it th...

I found this article from Mises.org interesting, in light of the possibble collapse of the US dollar due to government mismanagement of the ...

(Originally posted on Blog O'Stuff.) When law abiding people are subjected to oppressive gun laws which make it difficult to obtain we...

From Mas Ayoob.  Read it .

For my first substantive post after resuming this blog, I am going to discuss selecting a shotgun for home defense.  This post is based on a...