Practical Survival Advice

Leaving motives and reasons for the shooting aside, I find myself asking some questions. Especially from any firearms experts here.

There seems to be little info, but lots of speculation, on the type of gun that was used to kill United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson. It has been variously described as "extremely rare", "a type of gun used by veterinarians for euthanasia of animals", "a spy gun", among other things.

It looks like it had a silencer on it?

As usual with the MSM—lots of…

What type of gun was used in the UHC CEO shooting?

I'm not exactly what you call a professional "doomsday prepper"… but I AM a guy who likes to be prepared for when things go wrong.
I wish I could say that I could take care of my entire family for a solid year on my preps alone… but at least I can survive through most unforeseen emergencies.

What I have NOT been able to do… is get other family members to think along the same lines. I'm not even talking about learning survival skills here… That would be completely unheard of. It…

Getting family on board prepping

This is for those of us in the Disabilities forum who are up all night whether it's due to Insomnia, ADD, Depression, Chronic pain, Autism, etc. Hopefully in a little while there will be enough members to be able to converse with someone at all hours of the night.

If you're wondering if you belong in this forum then these are serious questions. Do you or someone in your family have ADD that keeps you/them awake at night, then yes, Insomnia that keeps you/them awake at night, then yes…

Up All Night Thread

I noticed that this forum was named "Knives, Swords and Axes".

And I thought "a sword as a prep? Does anyone do that?"

Does anyone have a sword as a prep?

Today I did some research on heirloom seeds and passed the info on, to some friends. Also will be hitting the pool to get the exercise in. Will be reading my survival manual during my down time tonight.

Prepping can be quite overwhelming to beginners, but doable in bite sized pieces.

It would be neat to hear what all of you are doing.

I'm not talking some temporary or localized emergency—such as a hurricane or flood. But in a really bad, perhaps lasting for years, real grid-down situation.

It doesn't matter how it happens: EMP attack, nuclear war, continent-wide natural catastrophe, or simply a massive societal breakdown due to any variety of causes. No cell phone service, no Internet, no commercial radio, no delivery of supplies of any kind,— nothing. Basically back to a medieval existence.

I've had my…

How useful would amateur radio be in a true SHTF world?