I think there is a huge difference between long term “bug-in” survival preparations, and short term “bug-out” survival preparations. Depending on your situation, bug-out might be your only option. As I explained in my bugout pack article, most of what you carry should be food. And though cooking may seem like a luxury for a survival situation, you’ll find that most inexpensive and calorie dense foods need to be cooked. You don’t want to carry a lot of water, when you can pick up water and cook dry food on the road. That means you should also carry a stove, and that stove needs to be light, efficient with fuel, and it should be able to cook your food in a reasonable amount of time. In my travels for this column I have covered a number of great cooking options, but this week I’d like to share my newest discovery that all of those qualities considered, I think might be the best for urban bug-out.
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Academy Takes Rifles Off Display, Daniel Defense to Sever Ties
Published: June 18, 2016 { 81 comments }Academy Sports and Outdoors is pulling modern sporting rifles from store shelves. In response, Daniel Defense will no longer work with Academy.
Howard Stern’s Pro-Gun Rant: Imagine if Jews had AR-15s
Published: June 18, 2016 { 97 comments }“Can you imagine if the Jews, at least when the Nazis where banging on the door, if they had a couple of pistols, AR-15s, to fight the Nazis?” Stern asked.
Cowboy Time Machine: Uberti Replaces SAA Transfer Bar w/Glock Style Floating Pin – Cattleman II Review
Published: June 17, 2016 { 43 comments }More than 140 years after the Colt SAA was invented, Uberti decided it was high time to change the rules and engineered a solution to the historic problem of having to “safely” carry a Single Action with the hammer resting on an empty chamber.
NRA Chris Cox: ‘The Truth About the Terror Watchlist’
Published: June 17, 2016 { 3 comments }“The unfortunate truth is that we’re going to be attacked again from within our borders. The question is, what are we going to do about it?”
TIME TO CALL YOUR SENATORS – Senate Will Vote on Gun Control Bills!
Published: June 16, 2016 { 169 comments }Senate Democrats ended a filibuster that ran for more than 14 hours as word spreads that key Republican senators agreed to consider new gun control bills.
Should ‘Suspected’ (Not Convicted) Terrorists Be Denied 2A Rights w/o Due Process?
Published: June 16, 2016 { 84 comments }“The NRA believes that terrorists should not be allowed to purchase or possess firearms, period. Anyone on a terror watchlist who tries to buy a gun should be thoroughly investigated by the FBI and the sale delayed while the investigation is ongoing…”
Father of Orlando Victim: My Son Would’ve Traded ‘Everything in the World’ for a Loaded Gun
Published: June 16, 2016 { 37 comments }The anti-gun lobby makes a habit of mocking the idea that firearms can be effectively used in self-defense situations.
Journey Into Competitive Shooting: Ep. 5 — 3 Gun
Published: June 16, 2016 { 3 comments }We started our journey into competition shooting with single gun disciplines, but this time, we’ll look at a discipline with more guns: 3 guns to be exact.
1,200 Yards w/5.56 AR-15 – AXTS MI-T556 SPR Range Report
Published: June 16, 2016 { 55 comments }Although a relatively young company, has earned a reputation for producing top-quality firearms designed to achieve very specific missions. And its newest, the AXTS MI-T556 SPR, continues that tradition. The rifle is based on the Special Purpose Rifle (SPR) that was brought into U.S. military service as the MK12 in 2002. It was designed as [...]