Keeping your home and your loved ones safe from bad guys is a multi-faceted, multi-tiered, and highly-contextualized enterprise, but there's a number of nearly-universal principles and practices that … read more

In the now 10-year-old book The Gift of Fear, author Gavin de Becker gives example after example of women becoming prey to dangerous men because they wanted to be polite. You don't need to be polite. … read more

Home security is really not optional nowadays. Maybe you grew up in a town where no one locked their doors—ever. Maybe nothing bad has ever happened in your neighborhood or to anyone you love. … read more

A Must-have for Home SecurityIn many home defense scenarios, the thing we need most is NOT another box of ammunition or 1 more gun — it is time.  I use the NIGHTLOCK Door Brace to … read more