https://www.lawofficer.com/virginia-democrats-seek-to-make-assaulting-a-police-officer-a-misdemeanor/ The proposal comes with a number of other police reforms including the banning of no-knock warrants, banning chokeholds, requiring police to warn before shooting, and creating a “duty to...

Hey alls... Who's on the ground here to let us know how things are going as this progresses? The civil war we've been worried about may be on the horizon...

About a year and a half or so my sister finally decided to acquire a pistol after much persuasion. Couldn't talk her into a rifle then but got her started training on the pistol. We were about 75 miles apart so we only got so far but she lived adjacent to one of the largest ranges in N.H. both...

The following laws become effective on Friday, July 1: * Virginia will honor the permits from all other states. In turn we should get recognition from three new states: New Hampshire, Georgia, and Colorado. As of this afternoon, none of those three states have updated their web sites to show...

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SGK Fredericksburg Emergency Prepper Expo - December 12-13, 2015 (Collocated with the SGK Fredericksburg Gun Show) Speaking Out on preparedness, survival and every day common sense SGK will be hosting top of the line speakers at the upcoming Emergency Preparedness Expo, December 12-13, 2015...

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It's time again for Virginia's Sales Tax Holiday for back-to-school and hurricane preparedness. I don't see anything new from last year's list but there are still some good prep items to stock up on. Every little bit helps. http://www.tax.virginia.gov/content/sales-tax-holiday

Freaky storm tonight. Hurricane style damage to power infrastructure, trees/roads, etc. but this was not a cyclone. States affected include IN, OH, WV, PA, MD, VA, DC, NC. 1/3 of the regions in Virginia served by dominion power (which covers most of the state) are without power: Washington...

Anyone know a good book with photos or a solid PDF? I have googled around trying to find something but most things online either don't have good pictures or are not specific to my area. Other than cattails, honeysuckle, blueberries, ramps, and wild onions, I'm not sure what else you can eat...

Need a Bug Out Location Hello everyone, as you can see from my post count I'm new here and need a little help. Let me explain my situiation a bit first. I'm from rural SW Louisiana from a big creole family. Plenty of sportsmen in the family but I haven't hunted in years and never cleaned...

Ok I am posting this now so all can plan and hopefully we will get a good turn out. Memorial Day weekend 2011 I am proposing a camping trip to Switzer lake in the George Washington Nat. Forest.Located about 10 miles from Va/WV border on Rt 33.I think this is a very central area for many and the...

I would like to find some others to join with and share the cost of Mountain House food that safecastle is selling.The members should live in the southside or esva.

hello survivors :) first of all sorry if my english is not the best, but im not from here. (just got here from france about a year ago) my name is angelo, im 22 and i study in biology. i love playing sports, reading and playing drums but lately my thing is just to camp out in the wild. im glad...

I'm so delighted to have found this forum! Now if I could just find a few like-minded folks in the Hampton Roads area (where I live). Surely in my metropolis of two million people, there are a few preppers. But I digress. I'm a middle-aged woman, a professional writer, hard-core libertarian...

Just found this site, looks really interesting with tons of helpful info and articles so I am excited to dig thru. I am former Army, a single mom, and have a survivalist mentality. I am quite aware of how things can change within minutes from fine and dandy to holy ****, and I would rather be...

hey fellow survivalists i recently found this forum but i have been camping and surviving for years. i have a large collection of guns but i do have a question has anyone torture tested one of their guns, i tried to kill an old ruger 10/22 by not cleaning it and keeping it in my open top jeep...