Recognizing the Sound of Gunfire: A Practical Guide for Businesses, Schools, and Citizens

by suburban | Sep 18, 2025 | Crime, Guns & Weapons, Man Made Disaster, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Situational Awareness

“I thought it was fire­crack­ers…” “Maybe a car back­fir­ing?” “It sound­ed like bal­loons pop­ping…” We’ve all heard these phras­es count­less times in news inter­views fol­low­ing trag­ic shoot­ings. There’s almost always that moment of denial, that split sec­ond... Read more

Precision Rifles for the New Gun Owner

by Cameron | Apr 13, 2015 | Gear, Guns & Weapons, Hunting, Personal Security, Preparedness

This is the final install­ment in a series of arti­cles designed to intro­duce a new or novice firearm own­er to the weapons they should have and be com­fort­able using for a SHTF sce­nario.  The oth­er install­ments cov­ered car­bine, shot­gun, hand­gun, and... Read more

Maintenance of Everyday Items

by Cameron | Apr 3, 2015 | EDC, Gear, Guns & Weapons, Knives, suburban survival, Urban Survival

One of the con­stants of the uni­verse is Mur­phys Law… if some­thing can go wrong, it will.  And along those lines, if some­thing isn’t main­tained prop­er­ly it will fail at the worst time.  Every­one remem­bers main­te­nance on their cars, on their house,... Read more

My gun show observations

by Cameron | Apr 2, 2015 | Guns & Weapons, Preparedness

Over the years, I’ve been to a num­ber of gun shows so I have a rather edu­cat­ed opin­ion on what to expect for sale and who will be in atten­dance.  Odd­ly enough, regard­less of loca­tion through­out the nation, shows like this are almost always pre­dictable... Read more

Plinker Choices for the New Gun Owner

by Cameron | Mar 30, 2015 | Gear, Guns & Weapons, Hunting, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

A nec­es­sary addi­tion to any sub­ur­ban sur­vival arse­nal is a plink­ing rifle.  You may be ask­ing your­self, what is a plink­ing rifle?  Think of the rifle you would use to shoot tin cans off of a fence post in your back­yard.… that is a plink­ing... Read more

Handgun Choices for the New Gun Owner

by Cameron | Mar 17, 2015 | Guns & Weapons, Preparedness

This is the third install­ment in a series of papers to edu­cate the new prep­per about what weapons they should have on hand.  I’m approach­ing this from a SHTF sce­nario and an every­day car­ry, per­son­al pro­tec­tion per­spec­tive.  While I’m not... Read more