Recommended Reading
How to Prepare for the Coming Wheat Shortage
Wheat prices are soaring, and it doesn't bode well for your grocery bill. Here are some tips for managing the rising cost of bread and related products.
How and Where to Get Your Water After the SHTF
So you have stored food, great! But how are you prepped for water? And what would you do without the sewer system? Keep reading for answers and options.
What Kind of Prepper Are You? Guns vs Food
Guns play a role in preparedness, especially in this day and age. But where do they fall in your priority list? Before or after food?
How to Find Your Survival Retreat
Having a retreat is one of the ultimate prepper dreams, but you don't have to buy one, you just need to identify a place that will welcome you.
What Survivors Will Need to do After the SHTF
If you are lucky enough to survive the SHTF disaster that destroys society and our way of life, you will need these skills to stay alive.
How to Use a Generator During a Power Outage
As Hurricane Isaias heads towards Florida and the Southeast, we figured it was a good time to talk about how to use a generator during a power outage.
Prepping Articles
Beef Prices Predicted to Rise—Stock up Now
The Wall Street Journal predicts beef prices will get higher because of “a rapidly shrinking supply of cattle.” It blames drought and the pandemic...
Do you have to be Independent to be a Prepper?
If you love the city, I think your odds of survival are lower than people who live outside the city, but I wish you luck.
Important Lessons from Police Badge Cam Videos
What can you learn from watching police badge cam videos of shootouts? Plenty! Pete breaks it down with examples.
Big Last Minute Wins in the Pistol Brace Lawsuits
It's been a bad week in court for government agencies and a good week for those of us opposed to the ATF's pistol brace rule.
One Week Left for Pistol Brace Deadline
The grace period for compliance with the ATF's pistol brace rule goes into effect in a week, ready or no. Here are Pete's plans.
Border Problems and Unpalatable Solutions
We could stop illegal immigration over the Southern Border pretty easily, but no one has the balls to do what it takes.
We are Beating San Francisco
Quality of life is where my little Podunk village and our economically depressed county outshine San Francisco and all the other big cities.
Patriot System in Ukraine Shoots Down Russian Hypersonic Missiles
The U.S. Patriot missile system in Ukraine not only survived its first trial by fire, it passed with flying colors and made the Russians look bad.
WARNING: The ATF is Testing Confiscation
ATF going door-to-door to confiscate gun parts. Is this a test case or a preview of what gun confiscation will look like in the future?
Now’s the Time to Stock up on Ammo
Even in the Wild West, I doubt we saw so many people armed and willing to brazenly shoot it out in the middle of the streets.
Building out a Cache in a 5-gallon Pail
I am planning to bury a couple of 5-gallon pails stuffed with supplies as an emergency cache. Check out the five categories of gear included inside.
A New Offensive in Ukraine Panics Preppers
Are we being told the truth about the war in Ukraine or are we being lied to? Is the banking crisis real or is it under control? All you can do is prep.
What Happened to our Liberty and Freedom?
We fought the British to obtain our freedom and liberty. Our Founding Fathers must be astounded at how we have squandered it.
14 Useful Gun Lessons for Preppers, Part 2
More lessons for preppers and gun owners, including how to build your armory, what to stockpile, why, and how.
14 Useful Gun Lessons that have Little or Nothing to do...
Fourteen lessons for gun owners to enhance your privacy, safety and security while you prep for the end of the world as we know it.
The Takedown Ruger 10/22 for Survival
Pete reviews the Ruger Takedown 10/22 as a survival rifle and finds it fills a niche in his vehicle's Get Home Kit.
Why there are More Supply Chain Problem in our Future
Whether we see economic warfare or a shooting war with China, you should prepare for it to generate supply chain problems.
Are we Heading to a Recession, Depression or Collapse?
The Fed is like a kid playing "Whack-a-Mole," always a beat too late and unable to anticipate where the next problem will pop up.
Revisiting the Suppressed .300 Blackout for Survival
Pete reconsiders the use of suppressed subsonic rounds for survival and discusses several potential use cases.
Lining up and Picking Sides – A WW3 Story
As war looms every closer and the threat expands beyond Europe and into the Pacific, countries are picking sides.
How to Minimize your Taxes, Part 2
There are many ways to reduce your taxes, but starting a side gig and deducting your business expenses is one of the best.
Prepare for your Taxes to go Up – Part 1
Social Security is running out of money. The deficit is rising. Like it or not, taxes are going to have to go up.
Being a Prepper is Getting More Expensive
Thanks to inflation, is getting increasing expensive to prep, but as recession looms, having food in your prepper pantry is more important than ever.
Two Surprising Things that will Destroy the Country
Two things popular with liberals and the Biden Administration are putting the country at an economic and military disadvantage,.
Safety is Just an Excuse
The government is constantly looking for new ways to tell you what you can and cannot do. Safety regulations are being used to control you. Fight back.
When Carrying in a Fanny Pack is OK
With so many concealed carry options on the market, is concealing a pistol in a fanny pack every the right thing to do?
Stop the Brainwashing and Zombification of your Mind
Change your life for the better by making a clean break from the additional of social media. Slow down, go outdoors and live again. It will do you good.