As an NRA handgun instructor for over three decades, and an experinced state-certified instructor in concealed carry, I heartily endorse this book as recommended or even required reading if you envision using a weapon for self-defense. As the title should make clear, the book is not written only for those who carry a firearm for self-protection. The topic is deady force. That's a broad and sensible approach.
Overall, the book is quite well-written, moves along in a logical sequence, is very clear, and fully authoritative. It is worth reading through once, and then revisiting those parts where you feel a need to further clarify your understanding of what you must -and must not- do. In reading it, I suggest would my students pause and imagine how they would apply what they are reading to situations in their own lives in which they might face a potentially lethal encounter. Do you regularly drop by a "stop-and-rob" store in the evening for gas or a snack? How about visits to the ATM? Or what if a shooter opens up at the mall and you have your young kids (or grandkids) with you? (As one of my favorite bumperstickers irreverently asks, "What would Scoobie-Do?")
Too many people go to the 'Net for basic information on self-defense, or unconsciously absorb and confuse fiction on television shows and films with the "real thing." Bad choice. It's fiction, folks! This book is one, solid and sobering antidote of reality.
Reading this book will help open your eyes, and may very well keep you from needlessly entering a world of hurt. It will certainly cause the thoughtful reader to re-evaluate her or his various plans of action. For that reason alone, it is worth buying, reading, and sharing with others. It belongs up on the shelf along with Ayoob's great, but now somewhat dated classic, In Gravest Extreme.
Ultimately, it takes quite a while to cultivate the right mindset for surviving potentially deadly encounters. You'll know you're nearly there when you begin to see a firearm, knife, or even pepper spray, as but one of your many tools for survival. You will realize the only point is to survive intact in every sense: physically, legally, economically, socially, and psychologically intact.
Too many people focus almost exclusively on their firearm, and become like the carpenter who only has a hammer. As the story goes, if you have only a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail! No, the tactical, survival mindset is much more than one tool; it is a cultivated approach one develops that fosters the habit of avoiding conflict while also quickly recognizing when it is regrettably unavoidable and thus calling for immediate and fully justifiable use of deadly force. This book will help you work your way down that very personal path.
Now stop reading reviews. Buy the book and read it!
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