🧩 Headline Game - Which is True? - October 02, 2025

[OldTimerJohn]

WHICH HEADLINE IS TRUE?
October 02, 2025​

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Can you spot the real headline? Only one of these is true:

A. "New Research Confirms: Owning a Dog Deters Majority of Home Invasion Attempts"
B. "Statistics Reveal: Women Who Carry Tasers Are 60% Less Likely to Be Assaulted"
C. "Study Shows: Pepper Spray More Likely to Backfire on User Than Disable Attacker"​

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Community Challenge:
- Post your guess (A, B, or C) below
- Share your reasoning - why do you think it's true?
- Did any of the false headlines trick you? Why did they seem plausible?

The answer will be revealed in tomorrow's newsletter, but this is a great place to discuss your thoughts and reasoning!

Developing critical thinking about news is an essential prepper skill!​

 

[CeruleanScribe]

Gonna go with A—dogs are loud and nosy, and burglars hate that! B almost got me though, sounds just believable enough. Anyone else side-eyeing their pepper spray now?

 

[TeaTimeTalisman]

Got a chuckle out of that last one—pepper spray backfiring! I nearly picked C just picturing myself getting a faceful in a panic (honestly wouldn’t be the first time I’ve managed to mess up something simple). But my pick is still A. Dogs are like four-legged alarm systems, and even little ones can