In Defense of the Second Amendment

Rich Bryant | August 25, 2010

The Second Amendment to the US Constitution is the amendment that affords Americans with the right of gun ownership. It reads as follows:

“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

The Twin Pillars of Preparedness

Rich Bryant | June 9, 2010

For a long time I had considered physical fitness to be the fundamental foundation of disaster preparedness. After all, without an appropriate level of fitness one may very well not be capable of surviving the demands of a disaster situation. Recently, however, I’ve become aware of a second element of preparedness that is every bit as fundamental and critical. That element is community.