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How prepared are you for a natural disaster? Or an unnatural disaster, for that matter? This being S.W.A.T. Magazine, I’m sure you have sufficient firepower to get you through urban riots, widespread social unrest, or even the zombie apocalypse.

But would you die of thirst before the zombie apocalypse got well underway? Would your family go hungry if storms, strikes, or government edicts cut off food supplies? Would you die from a minor wound because you couldn’t keep it clean?…

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Reloading is good, but I don’t want to have to do it in the middle of a fight.

— Robbie Barrkman


Like many sagacious comments, the wisdom is buried in humorous words, but is also deep-rooted in battle experience. And unlike the many mindless “I thought of something cute, now buy my printed t-shirt” slogans, you can actually learn something from experienced people.

You have two choices: learn from sages’ experience or be taken for a sucker.…

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Many of my students have recently directed me to a link on the Huffington Post website. Not only were they aghast at what had been posted, they also all pointed out that this particular posting and the individual who posted it were the precise reasons why many in this country are in favor of extremely restrictive gun laws, if not a total outright ban on all firearms ownership.

A purported firearms instructor and self-described “CEO” of a particular company had…

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The philosopher Hegel observed with brilliant cynicism, “The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.”

I can really understand why we don’t learn from ancient history. Take the Romans of empire days. You have to look closely to see the dreadful things we have in common. To the average kid with the average government education, those guys barely had indoor plumbing and they appointed a horse to their legislature. We have smartphones and elect…

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