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Gun Sales Set Record for Sixth Month in a Row – Washington Free Beacon

By innovate | November 4, 2015 by innovate

The Federal Bureau of Investigation processed a record number of background checks in the month of October, indicating that gun sales were at an all time high for the sixth month in a row. The FBI’s National Instant Background Check System processed 1,976,759 firearms related checks in October. That is a 373,290 increase in checks over last year and a new record for the month. It also makes October the sixth consecutive month to see…

Feds charge 3 men accused of prepping for martial law.

By innovate | August 4, 2015August 4, 2015 by innovate

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Three North Carolina men fearing a government takeover and martial law stockpiled weapons, ammunition and tactical gear while attempting to rig home-made explosives, according to charges announced by the Justice Department on Monday. The men from Gaston County, near Charlotte, were arrested by federal authorities on Saturday after more than a month’s investigation. Walter Eugene Litteral, 50, Christopher James Barker, 41, and Christopher Todd Campbell, 30, are accused of stockpiling guns…

Preppers should know how to recognize dangerous people – Baltimore prepper | Examiner.com

By innovate | May 15, 2015 by innovate

There are sociopaths who have decided to feed off of others’ productive efforts. They feel that they do not need to prepare for future disasters because, with their guns, they will just take what they need to survive. This article discusses how to quickly recognize and avoid such dangerous people who may have a strong potential for violence and crime. This article will give some specific clues to consider, but one of the best ways…

Support for gun rights at highest point in two decades

By innovate | December 11, 2014 by innovate

Support for gun rights is higher than it’s been in decades, according to the latest data from the Pew Research Center that signals a stunning turnaround in how Americans feel about the issue just two years after the Newtown school shooting. Pew found that 52 percent of Americans say Second Amendment rights are more important than gun control — up 7 percentage points from just after the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that…

Rich Survivalists are Buying Fancy Condos in Old Nuclear Silos – Doomsday Prepper Porn

By innovate | November 10, 2014 by innovate

Kudos to developer Larry Hall for finding an inventive way to sell $3M luxury condos he built in a stretch of desert near Concordia, Kansas. His trick? Siting them in decommissioned missile silos strong enough to survive a nuclear attack. As the Wall Street Journalreports, Hall has not only done enough prep work for doomsday-minded Americans with money to burn—outfitting the facility with a hydroponic vegetable garden, “sophisticated water and air-treatment facilities, state-of-the-art computer network…

Ebola gives U.S. ‘preppers’ another reason to prepare for worst

By innovate | October 28, 2014 by innovate

With the closest known U.S. cases of Ebola diagnosed about 160 miles away in Dallas, Cary Griffin is taking no chances. If, as the former correctional officer fears, the virus spreads to hundreds of people, Griffin is headed to the woods. “I’ll do what the English royalty did to survive the bubonic plague,” Griffin said, referring to King Charles II’s flight to the countryside during the Great Plague of London in 1665-66. “I’m going…

Second Dallas Patient Exhibiting Ebola Symptoms

By innovate | October 8, 2014 by innovate

Following the sad death of Thomas Duncan this morning, CBS is now reporting that a possible second case of Ebola has been discovered in a suburb of Dallas: *DALLAS AREA PATIENT SHOWS EBOLA SYMPTOMS: CBS The patient claims to have had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, referred to as Dallas ‘patient zero.’ NEW: CareNow says patient checked “YES” to question on screening form about travel to West Africa. — Ryan Wood (@RyanWoodDFW) October 8, 2014…

How ‘survivalists’ in America are planning their escape from Ebola apocalypse — right now

By innovate | October 7, 2014 by innovate

First, the good news: Despite feared cases in Hawaii, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., there is still only one Ebola patient who by all accounts became symptomatic while walking around freely in the United States. Sure, the hospital sent Thomas Eric Duncan home the first time he came to the emergency room. Sure, a homeless man who had contact with Duncan was missing for a while. Sure, Duncan’s family was quarantined in an apartment with…

COTE: Why do liberals mock preppers?

By innovate | September 18, 2014 by innovate

Every so often there is a natural disaster, terrorist incident, or major crisis that throws parts of the country into temporary chaos. Many times everything people own is wiped out as was the case with Hurricane Katrina, Super-storm Sandy, and the Joplin tornado. When these things happen, you see society at its worst with looting, violence, and mass chaos. Given Americans’ history of rioting over small things like Black Friday sales and sporting events, it…

Survivalism: The stark ideology that may have led to killing of a Pennsylvania state trooper

By innovate | September 18, 2014 by innovate

The man alleged to have shot two Pennsylvania police officers on Sept. 12 stalked them on a cool night under a gibbous moon. He hid in woods at the edge of game lands in rural Blooming Grove, Pa. And, at around 10:50 p.m., he fired, killing one man and seriously wounding another. Eric Matthew Frein, 31, of Canadensis, Pa., has been charged with this inexplicable crime. But state police said he has a philosophy: survivalism. What is…