Are survival knives the single most important survival tool? It’s true that a good knife is essential to surviving a number of emergency situations. While training in the Philippines (as reported in Living Ready magazine) a Navy SEAL decided that for its versatility around camp, while hunting and for self-defense, the bolo knife cannot be beaten. Often, […]
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Carefully consider your options when carrying street survival weapons in an urban environment. Traditional weapons like guns and knives are the gold standard of personal defense but have many potential legal issues. Though I am licensed to carry a concealed firearm, I routinely elect to carry a less deadly form of personal protection as well. […]
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Urban Survival Guns and the Law: Now that Illinois was forced to stop completely trampling over the constitution and begin acknowledging its citizens’ rights to protect themselves outside the home, they’ve joined the other 49 states (minus the District of Columbia) that provide at least some form of concealed-carry law on their books. As of this […]
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The best survival weapons are simple and have multiple uses. Simple is always easier to repair and those that solve a variety of problems (a knife that works for chopping, prying, hunting, self-defense, etc.), means you can do more with less. You probably have questions like: And is it possible to make your own if […]
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