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  • Gun and Restaurants

    Guns and Restaurants This was an alert in the Self Reliance Institute. Let’s discuss something that has been receiving a lot of attention in the media and in the Second Amendment rights community – the lawful carrying of guns in restaurants. I suspect many of you will agree with the first part of what I…

  • A Note From A Reader on Preparedness

    Chris, You touch on an often overlooked but critical topic.  We spend considerable time and money acquiring the gear and skills we might need  to be prepared for a variety of potential disasters/disruptions either natural or man-made, but often overlook preparation for sudden/unexpected debilitating medical problems, or worse unexpected death from any number of possible…

  • Some Scam Alerts From Our Readers

    A few weeks ago we asked our readers to send us tales of scams that they had experienced or heard about.  We were pretty amazed at the response.  Thanks for sending all these in. If you would, please send this along to your friends so that they can be warned too. The Jewelry Scam From…

  • Tor is Still King

    As members of the Patriot Privacy and Security Society know, our goal is to provide you with valuable and timely information that you can use to enhance your privacy and security. That process begins from the moment you receive the Patriot Privacy Kit eBook. But, as you might expect, the privacy and security knowledge base is always changing.…

  • Your latest newsletter is here…

    Here is the second edition of the Patriot Privacy and Security Society Newsletter. Just click here to access it.  You can save it by clicking on the link and then right click on the page and clicking save. This edition contains all of the advisories we published in September after you received your first newsletter…

  • Interpreting the 2nd Amendment

    In last week’s advisory, I responded to a number of emails from members of the Patriot Privacy and Security Society who had written to comment on my “Carrying a Concealed Handgun” advisory. This week, I received many more emails about guns and the Second Amendment. All the emails raised important issues we will discuss over…

  • Your latest newsletter is here…

    Here is the second edition of the Patriot Privacy and Security Society Newsletter. Just click here to access it.  You can save it by clicking on the link and then right click on the page and clicking save. This edition contains all of the advisories we published in September after you received your first newsletter…

  • Your September Patriot Privacy & Security Newsletter is here!

    As an additional benefit to being a member of the Patriot Privacy and Security Society, each month you will receive a newsletter that contains all of the Patriot Privacy and Security Society Advisories and Alerts from the previous month. This way, if you didn’t have time to review an Advisory or an Alert when it…

  • Finally some good news…

    The news regarding our privacy seems to be constantly bad these days. Data breaches, government spying, identity theft.  Everything we hear is another reason to be fearful. Luckily I have some good news for you. There is one place the Feds, by their own recently leaked admission, cannot crack.  That is the TOR internet browser.…

  • Your gun questions and comments…

    I received a tremendous amount of email in response to the last Patriot Privacy and Security Society advisory, “Carrying a Concealed Handgun.” So, since this advisory is following quickly on the heels of that advisory, I thought this would be a good opportunity to address a handful of the questions and comments that I received.…

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