Tag: security
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The Most Dangerous Thing We Do With Guns
Based on pure probability, what’s the most dangerous thing we will do with our guns in our lifetime? Is it: Going to Public Ranges? Taking multi-day professional instruction? Getting into a gunfight? Living life with and around guns? If you answered going to public ranges, good guess, but wrong. The answer is day to day…
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Rise and Shine!: Staging Bump In The Night Firearms
Sorry for the hiatus. I’m back. Every nightstand pistol/shotgun/rifle should: Have a flashlight next to it (or on it) for identifying what you’re about to point (or pointing) a gun at. Be secured from access by a non-authorized person. For the sake of this article, that person is YOU until you wake up fully.…
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Hardening the Home, Part 2: Up-Armor Your Security
In the second installment of this series, we will discuss the how of increasing your home security. I’ll be talking about how to use the diagram that you made in the first article. We will talk about how to negate the weak points of your house’s layout, and light up the dark spots. We will list some inexpensive physical…
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Hardening the Home, Part 1: A ‘Case’ Study
This article will be about how to evaluate your home’s curb appeal to burglars and other scumbags who want to take your stuff and kick your door in while you’re watching TV at night. It will be holistic approach that will build layer upon layer of security without spending an inordinate amount of money. I…