Mass shootings have become a political football with predictable cries for more gun control after each such event, and little thought to what is actually occurring. A casual following of the mass shootings over the past several years, which I… Continue Reading
Bleeding is the largest direct cause of death in most fatalities due to accidental or intentional violence. Rapid and appropriate response can stop bleeding in the vast majority of cases. It doesn’t matter if your emergency is as mundane as… Continue Reading
I can hear everyone in the prepper community collectively slapping magazines in their ARs, chambering a round, turning on their headlamps, piling into their Bug-Out Vehicles and coming to hang me with paracord from the Oak tree in my front… Continue Reading
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Remember the Dr. Pepper advertisement jingle? It works especially well for preppers. “I’m a prepper, you’re a prepper, he’s a prepper, she’s a prepper. Wouldn’t you like to be a prepper too!” Who would enjoy prepping? Here’s a small list:… Continue Reading
I take control of traumatic bleeding and clotting seriously, as I’m often working by myself at The Place with tools meant to do lots of cutting. I think you should take it seriously, too. Everything from auto and home accidents… Continue Reading
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In Arming A Squad Of Untrained Family Members: Part 1, I discussed the makeup of my group and general issues with security that we faced. In Part 2, I intend to continue with the actual equipment & supplies needed to at… Continue Reading
It’s getting to be that time of year: Seed catalogs in the mail every day. It’s too early to plant yet, but it is time to be deciding about trees. Trees are best planted quite early in the spring, before… Continue Reading
“Two is one, one is none.” That’s a common prepper saying, acknowledging the fact that things break. If it’s critical and it breaks, you’d better have a backup. I think though, that a lot of people underestimate how much can… Continue Reading
Beans, Bullets, Bandages And You is now one year old. Technically, it’s about a month older, but our first post appeared on the Internet on February 17, 2017. What was it, you ask? A gun review of the Phoenix Arms… Continue Reading
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Honey was one of the valuables buried with Egyptian royalty. Archeologists have found flasks of it in tombs, thousands of years old. It’s still edible. Now *that* is a long-term prep! (Honey will crystalize if it sits around, but that… Continue Reading
When it comes to home defense weaponry, I started thinking outside the box recently and have added a new addition to our “if you break in, you are going to really, really regret it” preps… a .410 pump shotgun. Wait,… Continue Reading
Arming a Squad: Part 1 Discussions of guns on prepper forums are a real hoot. They assume that the folks involved in a Mutual Assistance Group (MAG), or Squad, are all ex-military and the debate revolves around modern battle rifles,… Continue Reading