The new article on 'urban survival' is well-written, interesting and useful, but I must say that I am not thrilled to see it here on this site. No offense to the author and no criticism of the article per se, but it seems to me to be focused on self-defense and weapon use under the guise of urban survival. I am afraid that it could signal a change in direction here that I don't want to see. There are plenty of places for weapon/self-defense information but I don't think it fits in real well here. Others may disagree, but I think of survival as a separate topic from self-defense.<br><br>I *am* interested in self-defense and I own and have trained with most of the weapons and methods mentioned in the article and then some, but I just think this site is unique and I would hate to see it lose it's focus on survival.<br><br>