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How to Escape from zip ties using shims

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The odds are that you'll never find yourself being held prisoner with your hands bound together with zip ties. But if you ever are, you'll be very grateful for the info you learned from this video. In this tutorial from the folks at ITS Tactical, you'll learn how to escape from zip ties using shims. You can use all sorts of things for shimming, from professional equipment to your own fingernails.

ITS Tactical, Inc. is dedicated to showcasing the everyday gear and DIY projects that can help you live better on the tactical side of life. They don't limit their content to any particular viewpoint, rather their goal is to become an open-source collection of different methods, ideas and knowledge that could one day save your life. Search ITS Tactical on WonderHowTo for more videos.

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