UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE— THE HOME EDITION

EVEN IF YOU CAN’T GET TO YOUR FIREARM OR KNIFE, YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY OBJECTS YOU CAN USE TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES.

BY JIM COBB

Action movies are often filled with scenes of the main character using all sorts of expedient and improvised weapons—from ballpoint pens stabbed through hands to ladders being swung around and spun like a cheerleader’s baton. One example that has always stuck with me is from the 1983 film, Bad Boys, in which Sean Penn’s character uses a pillowcase stuffed with four cans of soda to annihilate two attackers. Once you get into the right frame of mind, you will begin to see just how many innocuous objects in your home could be used to visit pain and misery upon another human being. (And we’re not talking about photos of your mother-in-law, either.) ONCE YOU GET INTO THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND, YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE JUST HOW MANY INNOCUOUS…

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American Survival Guide (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2018

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