These homemade stab weapons, made from the metal binding of shipping crates, are hidden under coffee tables as a last resort against potential intruders.

The Texas Survivalists learn how to face a loaded weapon. Disarming her assailant with bare hands, Patricia turns his own pistol towards him.

A militia member reveals the ammunition he carries everywhere in his pistol. These rounds, handmade one by one in his garage will "compacts on impact and starfish around the hollowpoint, corkscrewing and ripping through organic tissue." he explains.

The beginnings of a militia member's food store. A room of his house, 12 ft square dedicated to the storage of dry and tinned foods. "By the time I'm finished, I'd like to have this place full," he said "I'd like to be able to survive off this for a year if I had to."

The immaculate barrack style bedroom of a survivalist group member, complete with camouflage pillow and ready-to-grab survival bag. "The t-shirt framed on the wall was my father's. I watched a guy blow my dad's brains out with a pistol on the floor of a 7-11 when I was 18. It's one of the only possessions of his I inherited."

A Texas Survivalist member demonstates the gas mask that he keeps next to his bed along with jeans, a flashlight and a loaded pistol, "I once wore one of these for seventy two hours" he said.