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Thoughts on Budget Guns for Survival, Part One

Thoughts on Budget Guns for Survival, Part One

Dec 7, 2011 |

Recent­ly, I have been mak­ing it a point to fre­quent gun shows in my home state.  I’m look­ing fora new car­bine, and thought it might be a good way to get a broad­er view of what is out there, and what I might want.   I have a very good idea of what I want, for var­i­ous…

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Endless Fall – Part 6: Trouble Comes For Dinner (Alternate Ending)

Endless Fall – Part 6: Trouble Comes For Dinner (Alternate Ending)

Dec 6, 2011 | , , , , , , , ,

Note: The fol­low­ing is the sixth install­ment of a series that rep­re­sents a first-hand chron­i­cle of a fic­tion­al eco­nom­ic col­lapse in the Unit­ed States. This series is to be viewed as only one pos­si­ble sce­nario. Con­tains explic­it lan­guage.   May 2 – 195 days after…

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Taser vs. Pepper Spray, by ShaneTheNurse

Dec 5, 2011 |

Over the course of my career as an ER nurse I have had many occa­sions to treat peo­ple who have been on the receiv­ing end of one of these. I can tell you hon­est­ly that if I was to be on the receiv­ing end I would rather be tasered than pep­per sprayed. In fact I have had…

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Splinting an Injury, by ShaneTheNurse

Splinting an Injury, by ShaneTheNurse

Nov 30, 2011 | ,

There you were just climb­ing that tree to fetch the squir­rel you just shot when the branch breaks and you fall and break your arms. Ouch! Thank­ful­ly you have a bud­dy that is trained to apply a splint and he is going to help you out. No mat­ter if it is closed or open…

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Endless Fall – Part 6: Trouble Comes For Dinner

Nov 29, 2011 | , , , , , , , ,

Note: The fol­low­ing is the sixth install­ment of a series that rep­re­sents a first-hand chron­i­cle of a fic­tion­al eco­nom­ic col­lapse in the Unit­ed States. This series is to be viewed as only one pos­si­ble sce­nario. Con­tains explic­it lan­guage.   May 2 – 195 days after…

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PrepperJim: A Time for Thanks

Nov 25, 2011 |

In life, there is a time for every­thing. There is a time for a boy to become a man or a girl to become a woman. There is a time when the last frost has passed and it is time to put seeds in the ground. There is a time to work hard and a time to relax. There is a time…

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