Rural Home Defense: A cop's guide to protecting your rural home or property during riots, civil war, or SHTF. (Suburban SHTF Survival Book 3)

In Rhodesia this was often a six-foot chainlink fence which probably is not practical or desirable for most people.

property needs to be armed and have a second person with them in case one is disabled or pinned down.

All fighters should be kitting up rapidly like firemen stepping into their boots and moving to defensive positions.

Go over the radio alert (mayday) procedures so anyone can call for help.

no one is going to steal the ax sitting in the wood chopping stump. Don’t give bad guys any help getting in. ​Doorways should have motion lights to identify anyone who comes to the door at night.

In addition to the driver, a third person from the property should come down or exit the vehicle to provide cover in the event of an attack.

Specialty bullet-resistant curtains (“bulletproof blinds”) exist that can be hung inside a window unobtrusively.

Dogs can also be poisoned or befriended over time.

​Your family needs to be prepared with its own version of an immediate action drill.