You’ve probably run plenty of drills and scenarios in your mind. Financial collapse, natural disaster, civil unrest, or martial law set in–how can you keep your family safe? Hopefully, you have your plan-of-action and supplies ready, but do you know how you’ll maintain your situation in post-disaster chaos? Specifically, what do you do when folks … Read more
Hours after shooting a police officer in the face, a French man of North African descent was shot dead in Paris’ Orly Airport after seizing a security officer’s gun. The attacker, 39-year-old Ziyed Ben Belgacem, was wanted for questioning by police, and earlier in the day had opened fire on a police officer in a suburb … Read more
The internet has been abuzz with the latest info dump from Wikileaks, code-named Vault 7 by the notorious hacking organization. It is the largest ever publication of confidential documents by Wikileaks. The first part of the Vault 7 series, called “Year Zero”, reveals thousands of documents from a high-level security network based in CIA headquarters in … Read more
This video contains the surveillance footage from multiple cameras at a convenience store that gets held up. Luckily, despite the use of a firearm, nobody involved gets hurt, including the armed robber. There are lessons that we can learn from this video, so that if we are placed in a similar situation, we too … Read more
They say it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. These two short videos offer evidence that this adage is true. In the first video, you see a man that is bold enough to attempt a home invasion in broad daylight run for … Read more
I recently watched a news broadcast that featured a story where a woman came to a man’s door asking to use the phone because she claimed to have car problems. He ended up sending her away, only to have to shoot at her and her accomplice when they came back to rob him. The man … Read more
I recently came across this very cool video on how to make a “stealth shelf” in your home. It is a great way to hide cash, jewelry, valuable medical supplies, weapons, whatever. It’s a great idea to have as much of your survival stash as possible hidden in various places to reduce the likelihood of … Read more
People have a tendency to feel safe in their vehicles in a similar way to feeling safe in your home. And while being in a vehicle has its safety advantages in a defensive scenario, it is no fortress on wheels. When facing an attack in your vehicle, knowing its strengths and vulnerabilities will greatly impact our … Read more