A number of popular movies and television shows , such as the National Geographic Channel 's '' Doomsday Preppers '' , have also emerged recently to capitalize on what '' Los Angeles Times ' '' entertainment contributor Mary McNamara dubbed " today 's zeitgeist of fear of a world-changing event . " Following the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting , the " prepper " community worried they would face public scrutiny after it was revealed the mass murderer 's mother was a survivalist
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Survivalism