Excellent article. I have been thinking about getting a wood cook stove. The more elaborate cook stoves are quite expensive. This sounds like it might be just what we need. How much maintenance or cleaning does it require?

Thanks for the suggestion and recommended brands for the flashlights. I will be saving up for one for sure.

That was a very powerful story. Thank you so much for sharing. I`m sure it was difficult to share, but I think your story and the challenges you faces coming to terms with that day will be invaluable to any of us that are faced with survivor`s guilt in the future. I recently lost my father and even in a situation where you know there was absolutely nothing you could have done differently you question yourself. Thank you again.

Very true. As Andy Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption) would say `get busy living, or get busy dying.`

A very interesting article.

You raised some very good points to consider. The issue of facing that life or death situation and making the decision to kill another human being is often overlooked in survival prep. Many preppers have a military or law enforcement background and thus are able to rely on their training or past experience. Civilian like myself have no such training to fall back on.

The question of whether or not you can actually pull the trigger when the time comes is something everyone needs to honestly consider for themselves. An armed individual who is ill-prepared and untrained with their weapon puts themselves and those they are trying to protect at greater risk than an unarmed individual.

I was quite pleased to see the note regarding Survival Cache being religion neutral at the beginning of the article. Unfortunately the article itself was not particularly neutral. I have seen in your responses in the comment sections arguments involving natural law. I think the article would have been more well rounded had you included some arguments from that perspective.

All in all and excellent article on a very important issue. Thanks.