Legal Impact of Your Online Life
Facebook, Twitter, online forums, blogs, email, and texting. Electronic media is an ever an ever growing form of communication and social interaction. It’s easy, readily accessible, and entertaining,...
View ArticleSelf Reliance Mindset
Your mind is the most important tool in your self reliance tool box. No matter how much gear you buy or food you store, no matter how much time and money you invest in material preparations, the only...
View ArticleSelf Reliance Assessment
Self reliance is more than shoving a couple of cases of MREs under the bed. Sometimes it’s nice to get a measure of where you are in the process. I created this self assessment for our students to...
View ArticleHe Came Out of Nowhere…
I had an interesting conversation recently with the victim of an armed robbery. She was at a self service car wash when a criminal appeared out of nowhere, stuck a gun in her face, and demanded her...
View ArticleWater Storage Project
Water storage is an important first step for preppers, especially in the desert. The big question is how to store enough water for a family. I’ve been considering my options and finally decided to...
View ArticleBladetech Inside the Waistband Holster Review (Smith & Wesson 642)
I like Blade-tech holsters. They are well made, fit the weapon like a glove, ride comfortably, don’t shift around, and are durable. So it should come as no surprise that I decided to buy one for my...
View ArticleSeven Emergency Kit Essentials
Yeah, I know, every “expert” on the planet has an “emergency kit essentials” list posted on the internet, but taking the time to think about the five or ten most important items in your emergency kit...
View ArticleNight Shooting
Wow, it is hard to believe that it’s been almost three years since my last post! Working overseas will do that to you. Thanks to my schedule, FMI was virtually inactive, but now I am back, rested,...
View ArticleFirst Steps to Prepping: Prepping 101
This guy knows how to prep! Self reliance, prepping, emergency preparedness. It seems like there are a million names for it and everyone has an opinion on how you should do it. Buy gold. Buy guns....
View ArticleSurvival 101: What Will Kill You First?
I am fascinated by the wilderness and as I child I loved reading stories about explorers and frontiersmen who left the comforts of civilization behind to journey into the wild lands. I bought my first...
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