I started after I became a gun owner about 5 years ago in my early thirties. Since then, I've been steadily transforming myself into being more self-sufficient for survival purposes. I read a lot about cases where I'm thinking, "But for the grace of God, there go I."

A little about my background, I was not a Boy Scout. My dad is an accountant and not a handyman. I did attend a top engineering school for undergrad and did well. However, school is mostly theory. After college, the Boy Scout inside me did not emerge until more than 10 years later in my early thirties.