As conservatives predicted, the increase in concealed carry permits and gun ownership in the United States has reduced the overall crime rate. While criminals own guns, too, few want to get involved in an armed confrontation. They want to be ...
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How To Build An Off-Grid Home For $5,000
Living off the grid has plenty of perks and rewards, but if you don’t know what you’re doing on the front end, it also can put a big dent in your bank account. On this week’s edition of Off The ...
Read More »8 All-Natural Ways To Rid Your Home Of Roaches
Of all the insects in the world, the one that creeps people out the most may be the lowly cockroach. In fact, Americans shell out more than $1.5 million each year to get rid of them. In addition to their ...
Read More »SWAT Teams Can Now Enter Your Home Without A Warrant Thanks To This Stunning New Court Ruling
The only pretext a SWAT team needs to temporarily seize your property is to use it as an observation post in an emergency situation, a federal judge in Nevada has ruled. Police even have the right to smash down your ...
Read More »The 10 Very Best Guard Dogs For Security
Dogs are known as man’s best friend, and while it’s certainly arguable, many historians believe that dogs may have been the first animals to be domesticated by humans. Dogs have long been used to protect us, herd other animals, hunt ...
Read More »4 Ways To Heat Your Home Off The Grid
A lot of people are looking at getting off the grid these days. Some are doing it for the purpose of saving money, while others are looking down the road and thinking that going off-grid is a much more secure ...
Read More »Is Buying a Fixer-Upper For That Dream Homestead Really Worth It?
Buying real estate is one of the single most expensive and time-consuming purchases people make in their lives. In an effort to save money, it’s tempting to go with a fixer-upper. After all, why not save the money and instead ...
Read More »27 Must-Do Winter Preparation Chores For Your Homestead
Winter, at least for those in colder climates, is one season that very few people relish. For starters, snow can be a real pain to deal with. Frozen pipes can be another issue. All in all, if you aren’t prepared, ...
Read More »17 Surprising Off-Grid Uses For Versatile Cornstarch
Most often used in cooking as a thickening agent, cornstarch is one of those items you may be underutilizing in your household. First, let’s take a look at what cornstarch is. As its name implies, cornstarch – sometimes called corn ...
Read More »How To Build An Off-Grid Home From Dirt
It is not hard to imagine that the first real homes must have been earthen structures, because earth happens to be the most abundant and handy material available to man. They might have been nothing more than tiny huts originally, ...
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