September is National Preparedness Month

by Prepperjim | Sep 14, 2011 | Cooking, Energy, Fire, first aid, Food, Gardening, Guns & Weapons, Health, Light, Personal, Water

Our gov­ern­ment has des­ig­nat­ed Sep­tem­ber as “Nation­al Pre­pared­ness Month”. This con­trasts with the FBI’s pro­fil­ing prep­pers as poten­tial ter­ror­ists. I imag­ine the mes­sage is “be pre­pared”, but don’t be too pre­pared. We still want you depen­dent... Read more

Cover vs. Concealment: Know The Difference!

by ST | Jul 19, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Crime, Guest Posts, Guns & Weapons, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

“Take cov­er!” A com­mon and clichéd line from every­thing from old west­erns to sci-fi tele­vi­sion shows and movies to even some car­toons. But while enter­tain­ing, it is a tac­ti­cal issue to be under­stood in the event of an SHTF event that leads to WROL. Even... Read more

Gear Review Kahr PM9

by Prepperjim | Jun 1, 2011 | Guns & Weapons, Personal

When choos­ing a con­ceal-car­ry-weapon (CCW), I had many things to con­sid­er. 1) Con­ceal­a­bil­i­ty in typ­i­cal cloth­ing worn in Hous­ton, Texas 2) Stop­ping pow­er, includ­ing reli­a­bil­i­ty. 3) Avail­abil­i­ty and price of ammu­ni­tion, both pre and post-SHTF.... Read more

An SKS Transformation

by suburban | May 23, 2011 | Guns & Weapons, Personal

Well, I was sit­ting around a cou­ple weeks ago, clean­ing one of my rifles when I took a close look at her and thought that I might want to give her a new look.  Basi­cal­ly replace the stock.  My issue, how­ev­er was that being in NJ, I have to keep her NJ... Read more

Carbines and The New Prepper, Part One, Contributed by Cameron Green of GAPPNJ.COM

by suburban | May 20, 2011 | Guns & Weapons, Preparedness

This is the first 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 while I’m not advo­cat­ing using any firearm in an offen­sive man­ner, I stress that... Read more

All Prepping, All the Time

by Prepperjim | May 4, 2011 | Gear, General, Guns & Weapons, Health, Money, Personal, Psychology

“All Prep­ping and No Play, Makes Jim a Dull Boy” One down­side to being a prep­per is there is always some­thing that needs doing to pre­pare for pos­si­ble emer­gen­cies. Peo­ple in your life may not share the same sense of urgency, to the point of being annoyed at... Read more