All posts by Lester Beltran
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AI and Scammers
Dear Fellow Survivalist; We’ve all probably experienced scammers sometime in our lives. It seems that the “scamming industry” is the fastest growing industry today. According...
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Cultivate Some Defensive Cactus
I’m big on active defensive measures and have to remind myself from time to time that passive ones can be a useful addition. Passive defenses...
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Protecting Your Money and Valuables While Traveling
Dear Fellow Survivalist; Last week, we were talking about making sure that you have the necessary survival tools and weapons to take care of your...
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When Traveling, Don’t Just Think About Self-Defense
Dear Fellow Survivalist; I just came back from a trip to visit my mother, who lives in Colorado. Whenever we go there, we take a...
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Keeping the Girls Safe
Dear Fellow Survivalist; Self-defense is different for women, than it is for men. By and large, criminals are men, especially those who commit violent crimes....
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Avoiding Grand Theft Auto
Dear Fellow Survivalist; In the last few months, a few different people I know have had their vehicles stolen. In one case it was a...
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Are Alarm Systems Worth It?
Dear Fellow survivalist; Most of us think of defending ourselves and our families from the viewpoint of active defenses. We expect to be able to...
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Protecting Your Kids
Dear Fellow Survivalist; One of the biggest concerns of parenting is that something might happen to our children. I’ve raised three kids and the entire...
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The Protective Value of Dogs
Dear Fellow Survivalist; I’m not the typical “dog person” in the sense that my dog is my best friend. I don’t take my dog on...
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Intimidation as a Part of Self-Defense
Dear Fellow Survivalist; It’s all too easy to fall into the trap of thinking self-defense means being ready to fight and being better than the...
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Protecting Yourself from Scammers
Dearl Fellow Survivalist; The chances of you or I getting into a shootout with a criminal are actually rather slim. The chances of us being...
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Defend Your Food from Pests
Dear Fellow Survivalist; I don’t know how it is in your house, but in pretty much every house I’ve lived in, whether I’ve owned it...
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Defensive Driving as a Part of Self-Defense
Dear Fellow Survivalist; Maybe it’s just the area in which I live… and maybe it’s not; but people seem to be driving even worse than...
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Protecting Your Funds in Times of Inflation
Dear Fellow Survivalist; As we all know, inflation has been up ever since the COVID panic started winding down. That’s not so much due to...
