California State Trespassing Laws

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California is a state that is known for beautiful beaches and terrain, plenty of recreation opportunities, and bureaucracy run absolutely amok. You’ll definitely know the latter is true if you ever care to read through the state statutes concerning their trespassing laws. Note that California tends to categorize certain crimes that do not fit the … Read more

Pepper Spray Laws in Arizona

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Pepper spray is one of the very best defensive implements that anyone can carry. If you need a solution to a confrontation that lies somewhere between harsh language and potentially deadly force, you won’t beat pepper spray. Though it is legal pretty much everywhere in the United States, laws can vary greatly and if you … Read more

Maryland State Trespassing Laws

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Understanding the trespassing laws in the state where you reside, and any state where you own property, is important when it comes to protecting your rights. It is just as important to understand the trespassing laws in any place where you might accidentally enter the property of someone else, such as on a camping or … Read more

Pepper Spray Laws in Connecticut

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Pepper spray is one of the finest and most well-rounded defensive implements available to the average citizen. Filling an important niche between verbal judo and lethal force, a good dose of pepper spray is highly likely to shut down an attacker before the attack actually begins. Although it is legal in all 50 states throughout … Read more

Massachusetts State Trespassing Laws

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Trespassing is a crime that might not seem that serious, at least until it happens to you. The very notion that someone is on our land or property, and they shouldn’t be, is enough to make anyone angry. But it is important that we know the law on trespassing both so that we may respond … Read more

Minnesota State Trespassing Laws

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Trespassing is bad news. It’s bad news when strangers trespass on your property, land, or otherwise, and it’s bad news if you accidentally trespass on someone else’s property when out and about hunting, hiking, camping, or scouting your bug-out routes. Although usually thought of by citizens as a lesser or forgettable crime, trespassing can entail … Read more

Michigan State Trespassing Laws

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Trespassing might not be the most serious of crimes, but it is one that can definitely affect your well-being nonetheless. When someone else trespasses on our own property, be it land or the property of our own homes, we bristle. We can also get into big trouble if we trespass on the property of someone … Read more

How to Start Prepping Right Now

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Have you ever had a revelation before? Like a real revelation. Like slam on the brakes, gasp in terror, holy smokes sort of revelation? I have. And what’s more, lately I am talking to more and more folks who have woken up in much the same way to the notion that no one is coming … Read more

The Megalist of Bushcraft Tools and Weapons

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Many a prepper has grand ambitions of running away into the wilderness to live in comparatively peaceful anarchy whenever trouble strikes. You have to admit, the notion is definitely romantic. Heading into the deep country with only your knife and your wits, and carving out your own home and existence from the bounty of the … Read more

These 20 Non-Electric Devices Will Work After an EMP

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One of the greatest threats facing society today is that posed by an EMP. An EMP, short for electromagnetic pulse, could originate from natural cosmic phenomena or man-made weapon systems of the nuclear or non-nuclear variety. Whatever the cause, one powerful enough could conceivably plunge civilization across a large swath of the Earth back to … Read more

10 Clever Ways to Move Heavy Loads

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No matter who you are and where you live at some point in your life you have probably had to move something heavy, or several heavy somethings. Depending on your job and lifestyle, you might be moving heavy loads on the regular with or without the assistance of machines to help you. You are not … Read more

Pepper Spray Laws in Colorado

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Colorado is a state that has turned tail and shown a strongly anti-Second Amendment bias in recent years, but mercifully they have not seen fit to dramatically restrict civilians from carrying pepper spray or other defensive sprays. Residents and visitors alike in Colorado may carry any common formulation of defensive spray they prefer, and carry … Read more

Surviving Cold Weather with Snow Caves

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Among all the many bad outcomes you can encounter in a survival situation, one that is most likely to kill you and other members of your group is simple exposure. Exposure to the elements, particularly cold weather, is one of the single deadliest threats in any outdoor survival situation, far more than any exploratory mishap, … Read more

Pepper Spray Laws in Delaware

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Pepper spray is an excellent defensive implement for citizens, but one that is sadly underutilized. It’s even worse when you consider that pepper spray is legal in all 50 states. Yes, you can carry pepper spray nationwide, literally, but you must be aware that each state has its own laws and regulations about what is … Read more

So, What Will Work After an EMP Attack? (Here are 10 Things that Will)

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One of the most terrifying, and sadly most plausible, doomsday scenarios is that of a major EMP attack. Whether it is caused by a high-altitude nuclear detonation or the deployment of a purpose-made EMP generator, either has the capability of plunging a society back into the pre-industrial era by destroying electrical grids and any technology … Read more

All Pepper Spray Laws by State

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When it comes to self-defense, being properly prepared is vital. This entails mental preparation, physical preparation, and of course material preparation- having the right tools. In America, plenty of people carry guns and knives for self-defense but there is little attention paid to humble pepper spray. That is a major mistake, since pepper spray is … Read more

Alaska’s Pepper Spray Laws: An Overview

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A great case can be made for every citizen to carry pepper spray for self-defense. No other option can do what pepper spray does as effectively and conveniently. When lethal force is too drastic an option but resorting to hand-to-hand might entail too much risk or escalation, reaching for pepper spray is the right call. … Read more

Air Drying Vegetables Step by Step

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Drying your veggies is an excellent way to preserve your harvest, as well as a great method for making your own long-lasting and nutritious snacks or meal sides. Dried vegetables are tasty and make for an interesting and sustainable alternative to other methods of preservation. If you’re a prepper, there’s a good chance you’ve already … Read more