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Read more about the article Preppers More Vulnerable to Theft and Break-ins: The Hidden Risks of The Prepper Lifestyle

Preppers More Vulnerable to Theft and Break-ins: The Hidden Risks of The Prepper Lifestyle

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In this article, I’m going to show how our prepper lifestyle MIGHT make us more vulnerable to theft. How our independent tendencies might work against us. If we let them.

I will not be going over the basics that you’ve seen thousands of times before, like — don’t advertise that you’re a prepper, stay armed if you can, hide your valuables, get a security system, invest in cameras, etc.

Nope, we’ll focus today on what we can gain from advice from real burglars. Short and sweet, as always. 😅 (You’ll only know that’s funny if you’re a regular reader. If not…)

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Read more about the article Threat Assessment 2021/22 – What’s The Next SHTF Event?

Threat Assessment 2021/22 – What’s The Next SHTF Event?

In this post, I want to go over what I’m calling, “Threat Assessment 2021/22“. This is where we’ll look at the potential of new threats that may threaten our freedom and livelihood based on a few different factors.

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Read more about the article MAG Leadership – Managing Your MAG (Mutual Assistance Group)

MAG Leadership – Managing Your MAG (Mutual Assistance Group)

In this article, Jeff B. offers spot-on advice on the leadership required for setting up a MAG (Mutual Assistance Group).

I want to welcome Jeff to Next Step Survival and thank him for being a contributing author. I’ve known Jeff for about a year and a half within a prepper group we belong to, and he has earned respect from all of us in the group.

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Read more about the article Looking Too Tactical – Is It Really That Dangerous?

Looking Too Tactical – Is It Really That Dangerous?

This is a common theme among the survival community – If you look too tactical, people are going to know you have the gear, food, knowledge… whatever the current topic of discussion. And they’re going to come and take it.

Is looking too tactical really a thing?

Is there really a serious danger to looking too tactical? Is going Gray Man THAT important?

Let’s break it down…

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Read more about the article The Prepping Dilemma. Preppers Will Be Overrun – By Family And Friends When SHTF

The Prepping Dilemma. Preppers Will Be Overrun – By Family And Friends When SHTF

I’ve been blogging for 14 years so I know what I want to achieve when I write a blog post. I failed miserably with this one. The Prepping Dilemma.

You see, there’s no solution here. Nothing I can teach. In fact, I doubt this article will help you at all.  How’s that for marketing? 🙂

I wrote this post for myself.

I debated for weeks whether or not to even publish this. It’s too long. It’s full of questions and has no concrete answers. I did zero SEO (Fellow bloggers that know what that means) and don’t even have a keyword or phrase to focus on. No, it was just me typing away trying to get my mind to wrap around a huge dilemma that’s been bothering me for years.

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