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  Survival knives come in many shapes and sizes these days. But history has selected a handful of designs that stand the test of time....

  Sources have informed Gun Digest that long-time firearms writer Jerry Ahern died July 24, 2012, at age 66. He contributed many articles to Gun...

  John D. McCann, author of Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, demonstrates how to start a fire using pencil sharpeners. These tools are perfect...

Of the many paracord uses, netting is perhaps the most versatile. It can be used for any number of purposes, from transporting items to...

  There's a tendency to think disasters happen on large scales, but that's not true. The geographic scope of an event doesn't matter when you...

A lot of careful consideration and planning needs to be done in order to make sure you are ready for surviving a long-term calamity. ...

  A group of shooters have clinched the title of Nation's Best 3-Gun Team following a competition July 14-15, 2012, at the Peacemaker National Training...

  In the 10 Steps for a Disaster Plan You Can Make Right Now article, the final tip advised to consider people with special needs....

DC Breaking Local News Weather Sports FOX 5 WTTG As this video from MyFoxDC.com shows, disasters inflict an emotional toll on those who survive them....

  Editor’s note: Ohio-based author Scott Wagner recently experienced a power outage from the powerful storms that have swept across America in recent days. Here...

Video: Ham radio operator Matt, K0MOS activates a portable, emergency communications ham radio station atop Mount McConnell in Colorado. He demonstrates the ease with which amateur radio contacts are made with stations as far away as Wisconsin and Arkansas.

  The Waldo Canyon fires ravaging Colorado will go down as one of the worst in the state's history. In Colorado Springs alone, an estimated...

For the past 32 years as a cop, I have never traveled on vacation without an off-duty gun.  Whether driving or flying to my...

Learn AR-15 disassembly - how to field-strip and completely disassemble your AR and get it all back together again - for routine and advanced cleaning, maintenance and repair.

For me, the bug-out kit requires some sort of firearm or spare ammo. When things are very bad, people might want to fight. They might want to take what is yours. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

Disasters happen. Some are big, some are small. But you can survive them all with a little thought and a well-equipped bug-out bag. Gun Digest...